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St George's Day

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To all my friends across the other side of the Severn Bridge

Happy St George' Day

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St George

A little of the history behind St George, Patron Saint of England

But who was St. George, and what did he do to become England’s Patron Saint?

Very little is known about St. George’s life, but it is thought he was a high ranking officer in the Roman army who was killed in around AD 303.

It seems that the Emperor Diocletian had St. George tortured to make him deny his faith in Christ. However despite some of the most terrible torture even for that time, St George showed incredible courage and faith and was finally beheaded near Lydda in Palestine. His head was later taken to Rome where it was interred in the church dedicated to him.

Stories of his strength and courage soon spread throughout Europe. The best-known story about St. George is his fight with a dragon, but it is highly unlikely that he ever fought a dragon, and even more unlikely that he ever visited England, however his name was known there as early as the eighth-century.

In the Middle Ages the dragon was commonly used to represent the Devil. Unfortunately the many legends connected with St. George’s name are fictitious, and the slaying of the ‘Dragon’ was first credited to him in the twelfth-century

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Thanks Sharrie

Not as if it is celebrated in England like it should be

Date totally passed me by! OOPS!!

I live in canada and we hung a St George cross flag from the deck. Was surprised at how many other houses had done so too!

...later that day I had to help a friend shovel three tons of soil out of a truck in the sunshine. He's from Exeter originally, and celebrated the day by wearing a knotted hanky on his head!

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