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by empath75 744 days ago
The level of credulity displayed here is pretty amusing.

but just to back that up:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skellig_Michael#History

Not a cathedral, No mention of an appearance of St Michael, and the monastery predates the dedication to him (it?) by several centuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Mount

Not a cathedral, site predates dedication to michael. No mention of an appearance of michael.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel

This one has a story of an appearance, still not a cathedral

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacra_di_San_Michele

Not a cathedral, does have a story about an appearance, but that site significantly predates that appearance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Michele_Arcangelo,_Perugia

Pre christian temple that was converted, not a cathedral

Taxiarchi Michail

Monastary, not a cathedral

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Maris_Monastery

Not even dedicated to michael.

1 comments

1. Shrines, not cathedrals.

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Mount#Folklore - "There are popular claims of a tradition that the Archangel Michael appeared before local fishermen on the mount in the 5th century AD.[44] But in fact this is a modern myth. The earliest appearance of it is in a version by John Mirk, copying details of the medieval legend for Mont-Saint-Michel from the Golden Legend.[45] The folk-story was examined and found to be based on a 15th-century misunderstanding by Max Muller."