Gabriel [SEP] canonization status
, the Archangel appeared in a cell near Karyes, where he wrote with his finger on a stone tablet the hymn to the Theotokos, "It is truly meet...".
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates his feast on 13 Paoni, 22 Koiak and 26 Paoni.
The Ethiopian Church celebrates his feast on 28 December, with a sizeable number of its believers making a pilgrimage to a church dedicated to "Saint Gabriel" in Kulubi on that day.
Additionally, Gabriel is the patron saint of messengers, those
of "The Croatan Indians of Sampson County, North Carolina. Their Origin and Racial Status. A Plea for Separate Schools".
- Lauch Faircloth, U.S. Senator (R-NC) 1993-99, born: Jan. 14, 1928
- Gwendolyn Faison, Former Mayor of Camden, New Jersey (2000-2010)
- Gabriel Holmes, 21st Governor of North Carolina 1821–1824, (1769 - Sep. 26, 1829)
- Theophilus H. Holmes, U.S. Army officer and Confederate general in the American Civil