"I'd already done the Matt Busby sculpture for Manchester United some 12-15 years ago, " said Jackson, who in his role as royal sculptor has produced works ranging from the archangel Gabriel and Constantine the Great to the young Mozart.

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The Archangel Gabriel bears the same relationship to God as Bob Cratchit does to Scrooge, she argues.

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Much of our culture is based on the teachings of people who had visions: Moses (God gave him the commandments personally), Muhammad (the Archangel Gabriel spoke to him in a cave), St.

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Weighing 23 tons in total and named after saints like the Archangel Gabriel and prominent Catholics like Jean-Marie Lustiger, the late Cardinal and Bishop of Paris, they have been cast to mark the 850th anniversary of the Cathedral, which began construction in 1163 and took ninety years to build.

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