Daniel ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel ) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article is about the religious figure called Daniel. For the book in the Hebrew Bible, see Book of Daniel . For other uses, see Daniel (disambiguation) . "Danyal" redirects here. For places in Iran, see Danyal, Iran . Daniel Daniel's Answer to the King by Briton Rivière Prophet Born 7th Century B.C. Died 6th Century B.C. Babylon (?) Honored in Christianity Mormonism Islam [ 1 ] Major shrine Tomb of Daniel , Susa , Iran Feast July 21 - Roman Catholicism December 17 - Greek Orthodoxy Attributes Often depicted in the den of the lions Daniel ( Hebrew : דָּנִיֵּאל , Modern Daniyyel Tiberian Dāniyyêl ; Arabic : دانيال, meaning in Hebrew "God is my Judge") is the protagonist in the Book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible . In the narrative, when Daniel was a young man, he was taken into Ba...