Scapular of Saint Michael the Archangel
Scapular of Saint Michael the Archangel
The only scapular not oblong in shape. Designed as a shield, one part is blue, the other black, and the connecting bands are blue and black. Each part bears a picture of Michael the Archangel slaying the dragon , and the inscription Quis ut Deus? (Who is like to God?). It is the badge of an Archconfraternity of Saint Michael, founded in 1878 . Blessed Pope Pius IX gave it his blessing, and it was indulgenced by Pope Leo XIII .