Michaelis' classification of demons In 1613 Sebastien Michaelis wrote a book, Marvelous History , which included a classification of demons as it was told to him by the demon Berith when he was exorcising a nun, according to the author. This classification is based on the Pseudo-Dionysian hierarchies , according to the sins the devil tempts one to commit, and includes the demons' adversaries (who suffered that temptation without falling). Note that many demons' names are exclusively French or unknown in other catalogs. St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist are the two St. Johns to whom Michaelis refers. The other saints are cited only by their name without making clear, i.e., which Francis is mentioned (of Assisi?). First hierarchy The first hierarchy includes angels that were Seraphim , Cherubim and Thrones .

Beelzebub was a prince of the Seraphim, just below Lucifer. Beelzebub, along with Lucifer and Leviathan, were the first three angels to fall. He tempts men with pride.
Leviathan was also a prince of the Seraphim who tempts people to give into heresy, and is opposed by St. Peter . Asmodeus was also a prince of the Seraphim, burning with desire to tempt men into wantonness.
Berith was a prince of the Cherubim. He tempts men to commit homicide, and to be quarrelsome, contentious, and blasphemous.
Astaroth was a prince of Thrones, who tempts men to be lazy.
Verrine was also prince of Thrones, just below Astaroth. He tempts men with impatience.
Gressil was the third prince of Thrones, who tempts men with impurity.
Sonneillon was the fourth prince of Thrones, who tempts men to hate and is opposed by St. Stephen.
Second hierarchy
The second hierarchy includes Powers, Dominions, and Virtues.

Carreau was a prince of Powers. He tempts men with hardness of heart.
Carnivale was also a prince of Powers. He tempts men to obscenity and shamelessness.
Oeillet was a prince of Dominions. He tempts men to break the vow of poverty and is opposed by St. Martin. Rosier was the second in the order of Dominions. He tempts men against sexual.
Belias was the prince of Virtues. He tempts men with arrogance and women to be vain, raise their children as wantons, and gossip during mass.
Third hierarchy
The third hierarchy includes Principalities, Archangels, and Angels.

Olivier was the prince of the Archangels. He tempts men with cruelty and mercilessness toward the poor.
Luvart was prince of Angels. At the time of Michaelis's writing, Luvart was believed to be in the body of a Sister Madeleine.
Verrier was the prince of Principalities. He tempts men against the vow of obedience.
Many of the names and ranks of these demons appear in the Sabbath litanies of witches, according with Jules Garinet's Histoire de la magie en France, and Collin De Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal .

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Fallen Angels are higher and different from demons.