He was a glorious prophet of the Old Testament. There are seventeen of these writing prophets who wrote books of the Bible, and all of them are commemorated by the Catholic Church as saints. The four major prophets are: Isaias, Jeremias, Ezechiel and Daniel. And along with them, Baruch. And the twelve minor prophets are: Osee, Joel, Amos, Abdias, Jonas, Micheas, Nahum, Habacuc, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zacharias, Malachias.
The Prophet Malachi, by Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308-1311, Italy. (The work of art depicted in this image and the reproduction thereof are in the public domain worldwide. The compilation copyright is held by Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft mbH and licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.)
