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|episodes=[[4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book]] (Not Seennot seen)<br>[[4.22 Lucifer Rising]] (Not Seennot seen)<br>[[5.03 Free to Be You and Me]]<br>[[6.03 The Third Man]]<br>[[6.15 The French Mistake]]<br>[[6.20 The Man Who Would Be King]]<br>[[6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much‎]]

Raphael is one of the four [[Archangelsarchangels]] created by [[God]] and the youngest brother of [[Gabriel]], [[Michael]], and [[Lucifer]]. He is the only Archangel archangel who never interacted with Lucifer while on Earth in a vessel; although, as brothers, interactions between them did take place in [[Heaven]].

[[File:RaphaelinthemanwhowouldbekingRaphael Heaven.jpg|300px360px|left|thumb|Raphael in Heaven.]]

After Lucifer's release from the [[Lucifer's Cage|Cage]], Raphael descended to Earth and possessed his [[vessel]], [[Donnie Finnerman]], to end a conflict between [[angels]] and [[demons]] near a gas station in Maine. After he finished with the demons he abandoned his vessel and ascended back to Heaven, leaving Donnie in a near catatonic state. [[Castiel]] and [[Dean]] lure him back to Earth and his vessel with an [[Enochian]] ritual and manage to trap him in a circle of [[Holy Fireholy fire]]. They interrogate him without success for information on God and his location, then Castiel and Dean leave him in the circle of flames.

Raphael managed to escape from the circle, and following the imprisonment of [[Lucifer]] and [[Michael]] in the Cage, he became the leader of a group of traditionalist angels intent on restarting the Apocalypse. They are opposed by a group led by Castiel. Part of Raphael's strategy involves gathering [[Angelic Weaponsangelic weapons]] missing from Heaven to strengthen his army. He encounters a setback when [[Donnie Finnerman]]'s body is destroyed by [[Balthazar]] using [[Lot's Salt]], necessitating the search for a new vessel. He next appears in an unidentified female vessel. Raphael then sends an angel named [[Virgil]] to kill Balthazar and anyone else who allied with Castiel and retrieve the Angelic Weaponsangelic weapons, but Balthazar gets the weapons to Castiel, and Raphael retreats. After Castiel imbues himself with the souls of Purgatory, he snaps his fingers, killing Raphael; much like how Lucifer killed Castiel.

*Holy Fire fire can bind Raphael to a fixed location.<ref name="five03" />*An [[Angel Killing Sword|Archangel Bladearchangel blade]] can kill Raphael.

*Other Archangels archangels can harm and kill Raphael.

[[ImageFile:Archangel Raphael ManifestingRaphaelManifests.jpg|300px400px|right|thumb|Raphael manifesting in his vessel on Earth.]]

[[File:RaphaelSalt.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Raphael's vessel is destroyed.]]Sam and Dean investigate the deaths of three cops which mirror Egyptian plagues. Dean has summons Castiel, and they discover that a [[Aaron Birch|boy]] has been using part of the [[Staff of Moses]]. Castiel later tells Sam and Dean that Heaven has been thrown into chaos without Michael, with angels going rogue, celestial killings, and the theft of their weapons. He also warns them that Raphael is back and trying to gain all of Heaven's weapons so that he can win the civil war against Castiel, then release Lucifer and Michael, putting the apocalypse back on track. When asked why, Castiel simply calls Raphael a "traditionalist" who wants "to end the story the way it was written." A soldier of Raphael attacks Castiel, then returns to his leader.

Raphael and his soldiers track down Balthazar, the angel who stole the weapons and sold part of the Staff of Moses, looking for the other weapons. Sam and Dean banish one of Raphael's soldiers with the [[Angel Banishing Sigilangel banishing sigil]] and Castiel kills one with an [[Angel Killing Swordangel sword]]. Raphael then appears behind Castiel and attacks him mercilessly. Just as Raphael is about to kill Castiel, Balthazar appears and turns Raphael's vessel into a pillar of salt using [[Lot's Salt]], forcing Raphael to look for a new vessel.

Raphael informs Castiel he will call an assembly of the [[The Host of Heaven]], at which he will ask Castiel to pledge his allegiance to Raphael. He announces that he will proceed to free Michael and Lucifer from [[Lucifer's Cage|the Cage]] and resume their apocalyptic battle.

After Castiel makes his deal with Crowley, he returns to Heaven, and with the power of an extra 50,000 souls obtained from [[Hell ]] is able to make his first stand against Raphael.

His [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_%28archangel%29 Raphael's] name means "God Heals.". In multiple interpretations, including the Book of Enoch, Raphael was responsible for binding Azazel to a clear, deserted landscape. He was also mentioned in the Book of Tobit, although he was never mentioned in the Holy Bible. In the Tobit, Raphael healed Tobit of his blindness and delivered Tobit's daughter, Sarah, from Asmodeus.