▁Dictionary ▁of ▁Christian ▁Biography ▁and ▁Liter ature ▁to ▁the ▁End ▁of ▁the ▁Six th ▁Century ▁A . D . ▁Catholic ▁Online ▁Official ▁page ▁of ▁the ▁monaster y ▁of ▁Y uso ▁ 1 6 0 1 ▁Edit io ▁prince ps ▁of ▁Bra ul io ' s ▁Life ▁of ▁Em ilian ▁ ▁Category : 4 7 3 ▁birth s ▁Category : 5 7 2 ▁death s ▁Category : Med ieval ▁Spanish ▁sain ts ▁Category : 6 th - century ▁Christian ▁sain ts <0x0A> </s> ▁Gabriel ▁( ; ▁, ▁, ▁, ▁, ▁Arab ic : ▁ ج ب ر ي ل , ▁J ibr ī l ▁or ▁ ج ب ر ا ئ ي ل ▁J ibr ā ʾ ī l , ▁Am har ic : ▁ <0xE1> <0x8C> <0x88> <0xE1> <0x89> <0xA5> <0xE1> <0x88> <0xAD> <0xE1> <0x8A> <0xA4> <0xE1> <0x88> <0x8D> ), ▁in ▁the ▁Abraham ic ▁relig ions , ▁is ▁an ▁arch angel . ▁He ▁was ▁first ▁described ▁in ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁Bible ▁and ▁was ▁subsequently ▁adopted ▁by ▁other ▁trad itions . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁Bible , ▁Gabriel ▁appears ▁to ▁the ▁proph et ▁Daniel ▁to ▁explain ▁his ▁vis ions ▁( Daniel ▁ 8 : 1 5 – 2 6 , ▁ 9 : 2 1 – 2 7 ). ▁The ▁arch angel ▁appears ▁in ▁such ▁other ▁ancient ▁Jewish ▁writ ings ▁as ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁En och . ▁Al ong side ▁arch angel ▁Michael , ▁Gabriel ▁is ▁described ▁as ▁the ▁guard ian ▁ang el ▁of ▁Israel , ▁def ending ▁this ▁people ▁against ▁the ▁ang