was lucifer an archangel?

No he wasn't. He was an angel & the holy scriptures do not tell of his former rank. There was & is only one Archangel, Micheal. This teaching is erroneous & thus not a biblical teaching.

Yes, according to the Church Fathers He was the highest Archangel before Michael.

No that would be Michael

Jud 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

Not an Archangel, but the Archangel. There is only one.

No..he was a Cherubim

Eze 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

Nowhere in scripture will you read that he was Archangel.

Only if by archangel you mean make-believe

some think he was a rank higher than that he outranked micheal the archangel

Lucifer is the bringer of enlightenment, symbolically called light.

Yes.

Yeah, he was.

Now I need to listen to some Samhain. =P