Book of Saints – Micheas

detail of a ceiling painting of Michah the Prophet, 1864, Johann Thurner; spandrels of the ceiling of the nave of the parish church of Saint Blaise, Fristingen, Dillingen, Bavaria, Germany; photographed on 26 July 2011 by GFreihalter; swiped from Wikimedia CommonsArticle

(Micah) (Saint) Prophet. (January 15) (8th century B.C.) A contemporary of the Prophet Isaias. One of the Twelve Minor Prophets. His inspired Book contains the prophecy that Christ should be born in the town of Bethlehem. His prophecy is a short one. He inveighs both against Samaria and Jerusalem, but in magnificent imagery foretells the glory of the Church of the New Testament. His tomb, according to the historian Sozomen, was in the fourth century discovered in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem.

MLA Citation

  • Monks of Ramsgate. “Micheas”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 December 2015. Web. 21 August 2018. <>