Saint George

 

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Saint George also known as George of Lydda was an early Christian martyr who was venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, George was a soldier of Cappadocian Greek decent in the Roman army, He became a member of Roman Emperor Diocletion's Praetorian Guard, however due to George's refusal to recant his Christian faith he was sentenced to death. He became one of the most venerated saints, heros and megalomartyrs in Christianity and has been venerated especially as a military saint since the crusades. Saint George has the respect of many within the Christian faith, the Druze and those of the Muslim faith as a martyr of monotheistic faith.

In Haiography, George is immortalised in the legend of Saint George and the Dragon and is considered the most prominent military saints. In Roman Catholicism, he is also venerated as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. April 23^rd is traditionally celebrated as Saint George's feast day. Several countires have claimed Saint George as their patron saint, including England, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Ukrane, Malta, Eithiopia and the regions of Catalonia and Aragon. The cities of Moscow and Beirut also claimed Saint George too, as well as several other cities, universities and organisations. In Lod (Lydda), Israel, has a sarcophagus traditionally believed to contain relics of Saint George.

The earliest known record of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon occurs during the 11^th century, according to a Georgian source it reached Latin Europe in the 12^th century. In The Golden Legend written by the 13^th century Archbishop of Genoa Jacobus de Voragine, George's death was at the hands of Dacian, which happened around the year 287.

The traditional tale, tells of a fierce dragon causing panic with the City of Silene, Libya. When George arrived, the populace had originally offered both two sheep a day but had, after a bit of time, been pushed into offering people as sacrifices. George stepped in and killed the Dragon with a lance when the kings daughter was chosen to be sacrificed with no one willing to take her place. George surprised both the king and the populace futher when he declined the kings offer of treasures stating he should give them to the poor. This amazed the populace enough hat they converted to Christianity and were all baptized.

Saint George's encounter with the dragon would go onto be narrated in The Golden Legend and become very influential, The most familiar version in English is owed to William Caxton's 15^th century translation. In several medieval romances, George's lance with which he slew the dragon was named Ascalon, after the Levantine city of Ashkelon, today in Israel. Winston Churchill used the name for his personal aircraft during WW2. According to records at Bletchley Park the Iconography of horsemen using Spears to overcome evil was widespread throughout the Christian period.

There are some variations of the legend, In several texts tied to Islam, George is martyred after opposing several statues put up under the reign of Dadan the king of Mosul, In Muslim related texts, George is martyred during the rule of Diocletian, after being killed and resurrected three times, in the text of Al-Tha'labi, George was originally from Palestine and lived during the time of several of Jesus's disciples. He was killed several times by the King of Mosul but was resurrected each time. With his fourth death the city was burned alongside him, earning George his Martyrdom.

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