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ST. MICHAEL SCAPULAR

It is designed as a shield, and one part is blue, the other black, and the connecting bands are blue and black. Each part has a picture of St. Michael slaying the dragon, and the inscription, "Who is like God?" It is a badge of the Confraternity of St. Michael. It was approved by Pope Leo XIII.