Saint George (Christian Martyr and Patron Saint)

St George Demographics:

• Birth - No clear records
• Birthplace - Turkey
• Death - April 23, 303 AD
• Place of death - Lydda, Palestine.
• Death mode - Beheaded
• Occupation - Roman soldier in the Guard of Diocletian.
• Father - Gerontius, was a Roman army official from Cappadocia.
• Mother - was from Palestine.
• Religion - raised with Christian beliefs.

Background Information:

• St George's Day is the date of his death 23rd April.
• Highly unlikely he ever visited England or UK.
• St George is Patron Saint of Aragon, Canada, Catalonia, China, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Montenegro, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, and Serbia.
• St George was beheaded because of his constant criticism of the Roman persecution of the Christians.

Mythology:

• He is immortalized in the tale of Saint George and the Dragon.
• A number of scholars have argued that George, or at least the legend, is based on George of Cappadocia.

St George Hymn:

“Liberator of captives,
and defender of the poor,
physician of the sick,
and champion of kings,
O trophy-bearer,
and Great Martyr George,
intercede with
Christ our God that
our souls be saved.”

Image Credit - Roman Zacharij (Public Domain)

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