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In Christian times Lucifer came to be regarded as the name of <span id="ref30908"></span><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200124092904/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Satan?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="md-crosslink">Satan</a> before his fall. It was thus used by <a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200124092904/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Milton?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="md-crosslink autoxref">John Milton</a> (1608–74) in <em>Paradise Lost,</em> and the idea underlies the proverbial phrase “as proud as Lucifer.”</p> <div class="assemblies"> <figure class="md-assembly print-false" data-assembly-id="150753"> <div class="md-assembly-wrapper" data-type="image"> <div class="image-wrapper mg"> <a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200124092904/https://cdn.britannica.com/81/146281-050-3D0C5042/Lucifer-cathedral-Guillaume-Geefs-Belg-Liege.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="media-overlay-link" data-href="/media/1/350594/150753"><img loading="lazy" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200124092904im_/https://cdn.britannica.com/s:700x500/81/146281-050-3D0C5042/Lucifer-cathedral-Guillaume-Geefs-Belg-Liege.jpg" alt="Lucifer" data-width="868" data-height="1600"></a> </div> </div> <figcaption> <strong class="md-assembly-title">Lucifer</strong><span class="md-assembly-caption">Lucifer, sculpture by Guillaume Geefs; in the cathedral at Liège, Belg.</span><cite>Luc Viatour (www.lucnix.be)</cite> </figcaption> </figure> </div><span id="AM1"></span><span id="MOD1"></span> </section><span class="md-signature">This article was most recently revised and updated by <a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200124092904/https://www.britannica.com/editor/Amy-Tikkanen/6393?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Amy Tikkanen</a>, Corrections Manager.</span> <div class="md-learn-more extra-content" data-module="learn-more" data-value="learn-more"> <h2>Learn More <span>in these related Britannica articles:</span></h2> <ul> <li class="entry"><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200124092904/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Satan?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB"> <div class="image-wrapper text-center"><img loading="lazy" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200124092904im_/https://cdn.britannica.com/s:180x120,c:crop/43/125343-004-E0E57F29/Satan-illustration-Gustave-Dore-John-Milton-Paradise.jpg" alt="Doré, Gustave: illustration of Satan"> </div> <div class="title line-clamp"> <strong>Satan</strong> </div> <div class="description line-clamp"> <e ty="b"> Satan </e>, in the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), the prince of evil spirits and adversary of God. 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