In medieval Christianity the Seraph is one of the nature of angels, or heavenly spirits. Usually in a group, the Seraphim are located in the first angelic hierarchy and as such are appointed by Dante in Canto XXVIII (v. 99) of Paradise: the respondents are "holy fires" because the name comes from a Hebrew word meaning "fiery" .
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In the Book of Isaiah (6:1-3) there is mention of the prophet Isaiah's vision of a seraph:
I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, and his entourage filled the Hekhal. Below him stood the seraphim, each with six wings, and two of them covered their faces and their own two feet, while the latter two were flying.
In the vision of the prophet uttered the cry of the seraphim continually Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory.
This is the only occasion on which the term should be seraphim in the Hebrew Bible.
Serafini known or assumed names:
* * Abaddon Asmodeus Astaroth
* * Chamuel (Kemuel, Shemuel)
Jehoel
* * * Leviathan
Nathanael
* * Semyazza
Seraphiel *
Vehuel
Serafino is a term used in heraldry to denote the head of a putto, in majesty surrounded by six wings.
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