After
The name and the afterlife. Raphael and Rafael given to millions of people, hospitals, schools and towns; the archangel in film and games; and the fact that the most famous Raphael in popular culture, the one with the sai, was named after the painter, not the angel.
Part of Saint Raphael
13 moments in this segment.
- - Mari Andriessen: Tobias and the Angel, Breda. A modern public sculpture of Tobias and the angel by Mari Andriessen in Park Valkenberg, Breda, Netherlands. Photograph taken 2008.
- - Sgraffito house facade with Tobias, Slavonice. A Renaissance sgraffito house facade in Slavonice, Czech Republic, carrying the Tobias story on a secular building. Photograph taken 2012.
- - Sant Rafael on Barcelona City Hall. A sculpted figure of Saint Raphael on the city hall of Barcelona. Photograph taken 2013 of the civic building.
- - The Teenage Mutant Ninja Renaissance Artists - Horrible Histories. The CBBC comedy sketch parodying the Ninja Turtles as the Renaissance masters Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael. The turtle's name traces to the painter Raphael Sanzio, not to the archangel.
- - Saint Raphael place-name imagery. A modern site image relating to Saint Raphael. Photograph taken 2019.
- - Jonathan Dove's Church Opera Tobias and the Angel. The Harvard University Choir under Edward Elwyn Jones performs Jonathan Dove's church opera Tobias and the Angel, libretto by David Lan, at Harvard's Memorial Church on 4 March 2018. A modern setting of the Tobit narrative.
- - The Triunfos de San Rafael of Córdoba. A segment on the triumphal monuments to the archangel Raphael scattered through Córdoba, made for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the city's World Heritage listing. Spanish-language.
- - The Jesuit Mission Church of San Rafael, Chiquitos, Bolivia. Spanish cooperation film on the church of San Rafael, built between 1745 and 1749 as part of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos in Bolivia, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Spanish-language.
- - A Brief History of San Rafael, Mendoza. A short Spanish-language history of the founding of the San Rafael department in Mendoza province, Argentina, one of many settlements in the Spanish-speaking world named for the archangel.
- - Tobias und der Engel: A Biblical Travel Tale - Opernale 2022. A staging of Nicole Chibici Revneanu's Tobias und der Engel at the 2022 Opernale festival in Germany, a contemporary music-theatre version of the Tobit journey. German-language.
- - Why Are the Ninja Turtles Named After Renaissance Artists?. An etymology channel explains the naming of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The turtle Raphael is named for the painter Raphael Sanzio, not for the archangel, though the painter himself was named after the angel.
- - How the Ninja Turtles Got Their Names. A history of the naming of the four turtles by Eastman and Laird. Raphael here derives from the Renaissance painter Raphael Sanzio rather than from the archangel of the Book of Tobit.
- - St Raphael Roman Catholic Church, Long Island City - preservation award. The New York Landmarks Conservancy honours St Raphael's church in Long Island City, designed by Thomas Houghton and completed around 1885. One of many parishes in the Americas dedicated to the archangel.