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Why is St. Michael referred to as the 'Prince of the Heavenly Host' and who.what is the Heavenly Host (in the St. Michael Prayer)?

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St. Michael is the leader of the good angels. They expelled the demons into Hell. A host is a large army. The heavenly host consists in the 2/3 of angels who consented to worship Jesus and remained good. For more on this read Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. 

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