What is the name of the angel who appeared to Mary?

Answer 1

Mary's AngelThe angel Gabriel visited Mary in Nazareth. She was engaged to Joseph. Gabriel told Mary she would give birth to the Son of God. Mary was a virgin. Gabriel told her God's power would make the conception possible. Gabriel said "Nothing will be impossible with God." He then told Mary her elderly relative, Elizabeth, was six months pregnant.

Gabriel in the Old Testament

Mary's angel Gabriel is also the angel who appeared to Daniel in the Old Testament (cf. Daniel 8,9)

Gabriel in the Hail Mary

It is also worth noting that the archangel Gabriel's words to Mary form the beginning of the Hail Mary prayer:

Haile thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: Blessed art thou among women. Luke 1:28 KJV

In the Hail Mary, Elizabeth's greeting then complements Gabriel's greeting, i.e.

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruite of thy wombe. Luke 1:42 KJV

Gabriel's Feast Day

The feast day of Gabriel, along with Raphael and Michael (the only other angels identified by name in Scripture), is celebrated on September 29th, commonly referred to as Michaelmas Day. (cf. Thurston & Attwater 1956, p.677)

REFERENCES

The Bible Museum. The Bible: 1611 King James Version: 1st Edition, 1st Printing, (Goodyear, AZ: The Bible Museum, 2006).

Thurston, H. Attwater, D. Butler's Lives of the Saints, Complete Edition, Vol. III, (Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, Inc., 1956).

Answer 2

The name of the Angel was "Gabriel". It appears in the Bible in book Luke Chapter 1.

Gabriel also appears in the book of Daniel, and he is one of only three angels named in the Catholic Bible, the other two being Michael and Raphael.

Michael is mentioned in the book of Daniel and Revelation, and Raphael appears in the Apocryphal Book of Tobit.

Answer 3

"And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary."

- Luke 1:26-27

Answer 4

In the King James Version

Luke 1:26 gives the angel's name as Gabriel.

Answer 5

Gabriel came to Mary in a place called Nazareth.

Answer 6

Saint Gabriel the Archangel