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The widespread veneration for St George as a soldier saint from early times had its centre in Palestine at Diospolis, now Lydda (known as Lod to Israelis). St George was apparently martyred there, at the end of the third or the beginning of the fourth century; that is all that can be reasonably surmised about him. [15]
St. George, Utah – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [27] Pop 2010 [28] Pop 2020 [29] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
Ever since then, St George has been the patriotic rallying point for the English people. [citation needed] The Royal Society of St George was founded in 1894 with the object of promoting "Englishness" and the English way of life. Howard Ruff was the founder in 1894 and the first Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society of St George.
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British recruitment poster from World War I, featuring St. George and the Dragon.. Traces of the cult of St George predate the Norman Conquest, in 9th-century liturgy used at Durham Cathedral, in a 10th-century Anglo-Saxon martyrology, and in dedications to Saint George at Fordington, Dorset, at Thetford, Norfolk and Doncaster.