Saint Raphael

Saint Raphael or Saint-Raphaël may refer to:

Religion

  • Raphael (archangel), a seraph and archangel from the book of Tobit
  • Raphael Kalinowski (1835–1907), a Polish saint in the Discalced Carmelite Order
  • Raphael of Brooklyn (1860–1915), a saint in the Christian Orthodox tradition.

Places

  • Saint-Raphaël, Quebec, a village in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada
  • Saint-Raphaël-sur-Mer part of Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël, New Brunswick, on Lamèque Island, New Brunswick, Canada
  • Saint-Raphaël, Dordogne, a community in the Dordogne département of France
  • Saint-Raphaël, Var, a community in the Var département of France
  • Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement, an arrondissement in Nord Department, Haiti
  • Saint-Raphaël, Haiti, a town in Nord Department, Haiti
  • St Raphael's Estate, London, UK

Parishes

  • Saint Raphael's Cathedral, Madison, Wisconsin, a Catholic parish in Madison, Wisconsin, USA
  • Saint Raphael Catholic Church in Koloa, a Catholic parish in Hawaii, USA
  • St. Raphael's Cathedral (Dubuque, Iowa), a Catholic parish in Iowa, USA
  • St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church, a Catholic church and school in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Institutions

  • Collège Saint-Raphaël, now Collège de Montréal, a secondary school in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • St. Raphael Academy, a Catholic secondary school in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
  • Hospital of Saint Raphael, a hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  • Saint Raphael Hospital, former hospital, housed in the Thompson-Fasbender House, Hastings, Minnesota, USA
  • Saint Raphael the Archangel Catholic School, a K-8 private school in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
  • Saint Raphael's College, a Catholic secondary school in Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland
  • Campus Saint-Raphael, UZ Leuven, part of the academic hospital in Leuven associated with the KU Leuven

Transport

  • St. Raphael (aircraft) - aircraft used for a transatlantic crossing attempt in 1927

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