Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος Georgios; Latin: Georgius; AD 275–281 to 23 April 303) was a soldier in the Roman army who later became venerated as a Christian martyr. His parents were Christians of Greek background; his father Gerontius was a Roman army official from Cappadocia and his mother Polychronia was a Christian from Lydda in the Roman province of Syria Palaestina (Palestine). Accounts differ regarding whether George was born in Cappadocia or Syria Palaestina, but agree that he was raised at least partly in Lydda. Saint George became an officer in the Roman army in the Guard of Diocletian, who ordered his death for failing to recant his Christian faith.
In hagiography, Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic Church (Latin and Eastern), Anglican, Orthodox, East Syrian, and Miaphysite Churches. He is immortalized in the myth of Saint George and the Dragon and is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. His memorial, Saint George's Day, is traditionally celebrated on the Julian date of 23 April (currently the 6th of May according to the Gregorian Calendar), and he is regarded as one of the most prominent military saints. Many countries, cities, professions and organisations claim Saint George as their patron, most famously England.
St. George Slaying the Dragon, Raphael
St. George Struggling with the Dragon, Raphael
Battle of St. George with the dragon, Peter Paul Rubens
Saint George and the Dragon, Gustave Moreau
St. George, Lelio Orsi
St. George, Andrea Mantegna
St. George killing the dragon, Albrecht Altdorfer
St. George Slaying the Dragon, Paolo Uccello
St. George and the Dragon, Paolo Uccello
St. George and the Dragon , detail, Paolo Uccello
St. George fighting the dragon, Vittore Carpaccio
Baptism of infidels by St. George, Vittore Carpaccio
Triumph of St George, Vittore Carpaccio
Saint George killing the Dragon, Domenichino
Quaratesi - Polyptych : St George, Gentile da Fabriano
St. George, Sodoma
Saint George and the Dragon, Jacopo Tintoretto
St. George and the Dragon, Edward Burne-Jones
St. George killes the dragon, Albrecht Altdorfer
St. George and the Dragon_, Edward Burne-Jones
St. George and the Dragon, Salvatore Rosa
St. George, Wolfgang Huber
St. George, Hans Leonhard Schäufelein
St. George, Franz Pforr
St. George, Franz Pforr
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