Angelic · Archangels / Chief Princes · c. 200 BCE
Raguel
Also called Raguil, Rasuil
The archangel who takes vengeance on the world of the lights — and one of those condemned by name at the Roman synod of 745.
Narrow source base
A synod at Rome under Pope Zachary in 745 struck a number of angel names from those eligible for veneration, on the grounds that they were unscriptural, leaving only Michael, Gabriel and Raphael licit. Later sources give conflicting lists of exactly which names were condemned, so this compendium does not reproduce one — what is not in doubt is that the cull happened and that both Raguel and Uriel fell outside the three that survived it. Uriel came back anyway through folk devotion; Raguel largely did not, and turns up afterwards mostly in occult compilations.
Identity
Where does the name come from?
Where it was actually worshipped
None. The Watchers are names in a list in 1 Enoch, most of them appearing exactly once; nothing was ever built for any of them, and Mount Hermon is where they are said to have come down rather than anywhere they were served.
A figure with temples and a figure that only ever existed on a page are different kinds of thing, and the difference is easy to lose once both are entries in a list.
At a glance
Vitals
Vitals
Also known as
- First attested
- 1 Enoch (The Book of Enoch) · c. 300–100 BCE
- Rank
- Archangel
- Order
- Archangels / Chief Princes
- Base of operations
- None. The Watchers are names in a list in 1 Enoch, most of them appearing exactly once; nothing was ever built for any of them, and Mount Hermon is where they are said to have come down rather than anywhere they were served.
- Era
- c. 200 BCE
- Traditions
- Jewish, Enochian
Traits
- Domain
- Vengeance on the world of the luminaries, order among angels
Stats
Known connections
Chain of command
3 attributed
What is it said to do?
Where these powers cluster
The 3 offices attributed to Raguel, grouped by kind. Segment width is the share of powers falling in each category.
A bar dominated by one colour means a specialist; an even spread means a figure the sources credit with almost anything.
- martial2
- material1
1 texts
Which texts say so?
Takes vengeance on the world of the luminaries.
“Raguel, one of the holy angels who takes vengeance on the world of the luminaries.”
Connections
What is it connected to?
Answered from the sources
Common questions
Which texts mention Raguel?
What rank is Raguel?
How else is Raguel spelled?
What is Raguel said to do?
How old is Raguel?
Nearest in the corpus
If Raguel is what you came for, these are next
Chosen by proximity rather than by popularity: the same pantheon first, then the same rank, then the same kind of figure.
Gabriel
Archangel · Archangels / Chief Princes
The messenger. The angel who explains Daniel's visions, announces two births in Luke, and in Islam delivers the entire Qur'an.
Michael
Archangel · Archangels / Chief Princes
The warring archangel: prince of Israel in Daniel, captain of the host in Revelation, and the only angel the New Testament calls an archangel outright.
Raphael
Archangel · Archangels / Chief Princes
The healer, whose name means 'God heals'. He spends the Book of Tobit disguised as a human travelling companion, which makes it the longest sustained portrait of an angel anywhere in the biblical corpus.
Uriel
Archangel · Archangels / Chief Princes
'Fire of God' — the archangel of the fourth seat, never named in the canonical Bible, and formally struck from the approved list by a Roman synod in 745.
Remiel
Archangel · Archangels / Chief Princes
Set over those who rise — the archangel of the resurrection and of true visions.
Sariel
Archangel · Archangels / Chief Princes
One of the seven archangels of 1 Enoch, set over the spirits who sin against the spirit. Canonical scripture never names him.
The book behind Raguel
Every claim on this profile is attributed to one of these. It is public domain, listed oldest first, and each links to a full text where one is freely available.
1 Enoch (The Book of Enoch)
Anonymous; tr. R. H. Charles · c. 300–100 BCE · Ge'ez (from Aramaic)
Read 1 Enoch (The Book of Enoch) in full ↗Cover: Public domain · Wikimedia file page
Corpus last revised 29 August 2026. A reference site’s credibility rests on being maintained, so this is the date the sourced records last changed — not the date the page was rebuilt.