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Patronages of Saint George information


Saint George of Lydda
Icon of St. George (Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens)
Megalomartyr
Died23 April 303
Venerated inAnglicanism
Eastern Orthodoxy
Lutheranism
Oriental Orthodoxy
Roman Catholicism
Umbanda
Druze faith[1]
Feast23 April
Patronageagricultural workers, farmers, field workers; soldiers; archers; armourers; equestrians, cavalry, saddle makers; chivalry; peacekeeping missions; skin diseases, lepers and leprosy, syphilis; sheep, shepherds, scouting, England[citation needed]

As a highly venerated saint in both the Western and Eastern Christian churches, Saint George is connected with a large number of patronages throughout the world, and his iconography can be found on the flags and coats of arms of a number of cities, regions, and countries.[2][3]

  1. ^ Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome (2008). The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700. OUP Oxford. p. 205. ISBN 9780191647666.
  2. ^ Graham Seal, 2001n Encyclopedia of folk heroes ISBN 1-57607-216-9 page 85
  3. ^ Robin Cormack, Icons, Harvard University Press, 2007 ISBN 0-674-02619-5 page 69

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