they acquaint themselves with one of the property’s more unusual—and divisive—features: a 40-foot-tall bronze sculpture depicting a battle between Satan and the Archangel Michael.

The sculpture arrived at Brosnan’s Rockland County home around Thanksgiving. The 8-and-a-half-foot high bronze depicts St. Michael the Archangel, the patron saint of police, cradling a fallen ...

At the pinnacle of the sculpture, the winged Archangel Michael, representing good, uses his sword to decapitate Satan, whose head dangles beneath the crab’s claw. Swirling around the sculpture ...

New police officers are sworn in, they are often given a medal of St. Michael the Archangel ... saint of police is now depicted in a moving sculpture placed outside the stationhouse of the ...

plump little children with wings began showing up in Christian art. Artistically, Michael has often been depicted in armor, as the chief commander of the heavenly hosts. The archangel wields a ...

“We perceive today that the Archangel Michael together with the whole Heavenly ... holding a flaming sword and a shield, and a sculpture of the saint stands atop the Lach Gates at Independence ...

while the mayor defended the “beautiful public art.” The Patriot Ledger first reported on the plans to add statues of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian, the patron saints of police and ...