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Saint

George
Saint George by Donatello, c. 1415
Martyr, Patron of England
Born3rd Century
Cappadocia, Roman Empire
Died23 April 303
Lydda, Syria Palaestina, Roman Empire[1][2]
Venerated in
  • Orthodox Church
  • Roman Catholic Church
  • Oriental Orthodoxy
  • Church of the East
  • Anglican Communion
  • Lutheranism
  • Umbanda
  • Druze faith[3]
  • Islam
Major shrine
  • Church of Saint George, Lalibela
  • Church of Saint George and Mosque of Al-Khadr
  • St. George Cathedral, Timișoara
  • St. George's Monastery, Al-Khader
  • St. George Syro-Malabar Catholic Forane Church, Edappally
  • St. George Orthodox Church Puthuppally Pally
  • St. George's Syro-Malabar Catholic Forane Church, Aruvithura
  • St. George's Cathedral, Addis Ababa
  • St. George Forane Church, Edathua
  • St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Feast
  • 23 April (Saint George's Day)
  • 6 May (Gregorian when Julian date is observed)
  • 23 Parmouti (Coptic calendar, 1 May)[4]
  • Saturday before third Sunday of Exaltation of the Cross (Armenian Church calendar)[5]
AttributesClothed as a crusader in plate armour or mail, often bearing a lance tipped by a cross, riding a white horse, often slaying a dragon. In the Greek East and Latin West he is shown with St George's Cross emblazoned on his armour, or shield or banner.
PatronageMany patronages of Saint George exist around the world

Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος, translit. Geṓrgios;[note 1] died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition, he was a soldier in the Roman army. Of Cappadocian Greek origin, he became a member of the Praetorian Guard for Roman emperor Diocletian, but was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith. He became one of the most venerated saints and megalomartyrs in Christianity, and he has been especially venerated as a military saint since the Crusades. He is respected by Christians, Druze, as well as some Muslims as a martyr of monotheistic faith.

In hagiography, as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and one of the most prominent military saints, he is immortalized in the legend of Saint George and the Dragon. His feast day, Saint George's Day, is traditionally celebrated on 23 April. Historically, the countries of England, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Ukraine, Malta, Ethiopia, as well as Catalonia and Aragon in Spain, and Moscow in Russia, have claimed George as their patron saint, as have several other regions, cities, universities, professions, and organizations. The Church of Saint George in Lod (Lydda), Israel, contains a sarcophagus traditionally believed to contain St. George's remains.[6]

  1. ^ "Saint George". Encyclopædia Britannica (Online ed.). Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. ^ "St. George". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  3. ^ Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome (2008). The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700. OUP Oxford. p. 205. ISBN 9780191647666.
  4. ^ Otto Friedrich August Meinardus, Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity (1999), p. 315 Archived 13 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ Domar: the calendrical and liturgical cycle of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Armenian Orthodox Theological Research Institute, 2002, p. 504-5
  6. ^ G. Massiot (2023). "Church of Saint George, Lod: Interior, view of the nave from the southeast end". CurateND. University of Notre Dame. doi:10.7274/24858729.v1. Retrieved 11 May 2022.


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