himself slaying a serpent, then became a major art piece at the Michaelion and eventually lead to the standard iconography of Archangel Michael as a warrior saint. In other depictions, Michael may be holding a pair of scales in which he weighs the souls of the departed and may hold the book of life (as in the Book of Revelation), to show that he takes part in the judgment. However, this form of depiction is less common than the slaying of the dragon. Michelangelo depicted this scene on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel. In Byzantine art, Michael was often shown as a princely court dignitary rather than a warrior who battled Satan or with scales for weighing souls on the Day of Judgement. Churches named after Michael St. Michael's Church (disambiguation) Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel (es), San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato Mexico World Heritage Site Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel Cocula Jalisco Mexico Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel, Utuado, Puerto Rico Sacra di San Michele (Saint Michael's Abbey), near Turin, Italy Pfarrei Brixen St. Michael with the White Tower, Brixen, Italy Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, in Brussels, Belgium Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France – a World Heritage Site St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica (Toronto), Canada St. Michael's Cathedral (Izhevsk), Russia St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao, China Chudov Monastery in the Moscow Kremlin Cathedral of the Archangel in the Moscow Kremlin – a World Heritage Site Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo, Gargano, Italy – a World Heritage Site St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, UK St. Michael Catholic Church St. Michael, MN St. Michael's Basilica, Miramichi, Canada Skellig Michael, off the Irish west coast – a World Heritage Site St Michael's Cathedral, Coventry, UK St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Kyiv, Ukraine Basilica of St Michael the Archangel, Pensacola, Florida, United States St. Michael's Church, Vienna in Vienna, Austria Tayabas Basilica, Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines St. Michael the Archangel Parish Church, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, Philippines Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Michael the Archangel, Argao, Cebu, Philippines (Argao Church) St. Michael's Church, Berlin, Germany St. Michael's Cathedral, Iligan City, Philippines St. Michael Cathedral, Ilagan, Philippines San Miguel Church (Manila), Philippines Cathedral of Saint Michael, Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines Iglesia Filipina Independiente - Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel, Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Taguig, Philippines St. Michael's Jesuit church, Munich, Germany St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade in Belgrade, Serbia Cathedral of St. Michael the