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Patronages of Saint George

Patronages of Saint George
Personal information
NameSaint George of Lydda
TitlesMartyr
Birth datebetween ca. AD 275 and 285
Birth placeNicomedia, Bithynia, Roman Empire
Death dateApril 23, 303
Death place
Lydda, Syria Palaestina, Roman Empire
Venerated inAnglicanism
Eastern Orthodoxy
Lutheranism
Oriental Orthodoxy
Roman Catholicism
Major shrineChurch of Saint George, Lod
FeastApril 23
Patronageagricultural workers; Amersfoort, Netherlands; Aragon; archers; armourers; Bavaria, Germany; Beirut, Lebanon; Bulgaria; butchers; Cappadocia; Catalonia; cavalry; chivalry; Constantinople; Corinthians (Brazilian football team); Crusaders; England; equestrians; Ethiopia; farmers; Ferrara; field workers; Genoa; Georgia; Gozo; Greece; Haldern, Germany; Heide; herpes; horsemen; horses; husbandmen; knights; lepers and leprosy; Lod; Malta; Modica, Sicily; Moscow; Order of the Garter; Palestine; Palestinian Christians; Piran; plague; Portugal; Portuguese Army; Portuguese Navy; Ptuj; Slovenia; Reggio Calabria; riders; Romani people; saddle makers; Scouts; sheep; shepherds; skin diseases; soldiers; syphilis; Teutonic Knights

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As a highly celebrated saint in both the Western and Eastern Christian churches, a large number of Patronages of Saint George exist throughout the world, and his iconography can be found on the flags and coats of arms of a number of cities and countries.


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