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The term "Saint George's cross" was at first associated with any plain Greek cross touching the edges of the field (not necessarily red on white). [99] Thomas Fuller in 1647 spoke of "the plain or St George's cross" as "the mother of all the others" (that is, the other heraldic crosses). [100]
St. George with the enthroned Virgin Mary and Child, St. Theodore and angels, Saint Catherine's Monastery, late 6th century.. Aloysius Lippomani, the 16th century Bishop of Bergamo, was one of the first people to undertake a serious study of Saint George.
The St. George club coincidentally played their inaugural New South Wales Rugby League first grade match on St. George's Day, 23 April 1921 at the Sydney Sports Ground in Australia. [27] In Newfoundland and Labrador, St. George's Day is a provincial holiday, usually observed on the Monday nearest 23 April.
The St. George Utah Temple, formerly known as the St. George Temple, is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in St. George, Utah.Completed in 1877, it was the third temple constructed by the church and the first in Utah, following the westward migration of Mormon pioneers from Nauvoo, Illinois, after the death of church founder Joseph Smith.
Saint George killing the dragon, depicted on the military flag of the Hellenic Army. Saint George is the patron saint of Beirut, Lebanon. [28] Many bays around Lebanon are named after Saint George, particularly the Saint George Bay, at the mouth of the Beirut River, as local tradition identifies it as the site where he killed the dragon. [29]
St. George or Saint George [2] is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, ... The first, the St. George Pioneerzz (originally the Zion Pioneerzz), ...
Saint George Killing the Dragon, woodcut by Albrecht Dürer (1501/4). In a legend, Saint George—a soldier venerated in Christianity—defeats a dragon.The story goes that the dragon originally extorted tribute from villagers.
George, a secondary patron saint of the First Crusade, played a significant role and provided other relics. On November 3/16, the Orthodox Church commemorates the translation of his relics from Rome to Lydda, his mother’s hometown.