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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.
Saint George is one of Christianity's most popular saints, and is highly honored by both the Western and Eastern Churches. [1] . A wide range of devotions, traditions, and prayers to honor the saint have emerged throughout the centuries.
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Saint George's Day is the feast day of Saint George, celebrated by Christian churches, countries, regions, and cities of which he is the patron saint, including Albania, Bulgaria, England, Ethiopia, Greece, Georgia, Portugal, Romania, Syria, Lebanon, Castile and León, Catalonia, Alcoi, Aragon, Genoa, and Rio de Janeiro. [1]
Saint George and the Dragon. Saint George Killing the Dragon, woodcut by Albrecht Dürer (1501/4) In a legend, Saint George —a soldier venerated in Christianity —defeats a dragon. The story goes that the dragon originally extorted tribute from villagers.
Contemporary revival. Anniversaries on 23 April. See also. References. External links. Saint George's Day in England. Saint George is the patron saint of England in a tradition established in the Tudor period, based in the saint's popularity during the times of the Crusades and the Hundred Years' War .
Saint-George is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located in the district of Nyon . History. Saint-George is first mentioned in 1153 as Sancti Georgii de Essartinis. [3] Geography. Aerial view (1964) Saint-George has an area, as of 2009, of 12.32 square kilometers (4.76 sq mi).
Saint George is a patron saint of Georgia, and it is claimed that he is the most venerated saint in that nation. An 18th-century Georgian geographer and historian Vakhushti Bagrationi wrote that there are 365 Orthodox churches in Georgia named after Saint George, according to the number of days in one year.
