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St. George is the patron saint of farmers and shepherds. [18] St. George's Day is also the Day of the Bulgarian Army (made official with a decree of Knyaz Alexander of Bulgaria on 9 January 1880), and parades are organised in the capital Sofia to present the best of the army's equipment and manpower.
The Wedding of St George and Princess Sabra by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1857) In the General Roman Calendar, the feast of George is on 23 April. In the Tridentine calendar of 1568, it was given the rank of "Semidouble". In Pope Pius XII's 1955 calendar this rank was reduced to "Simple", and in Pope John XXIII's 1960 calendar to a "Commemoration".
In Indian churches such as St. George's Church, Aruvithura, near Kottayam in Kerala, the annual feast is dedicated to St. George, the patron saint of the church, and his ancient statue is still honored. The arrival of the English after the Portuguese, added to the spread of devotions to the saint.
Patron saint Notes Asia: Francis Xavier [1] John the Evangelist is the patron saint of Asia Minor, but not the entire continent. [2] [3] Africa: Moses the Black Our Lady of Africa: Cyprian is patron saint of Africa, the Roman province (Tunisia), not the entire continent. [4] The Americas: The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe) [5] [6]
Tradition marks the date of 23 April 1276 as the beginning of the patronage of St. George for Alcoy, for his miraculous intervention, as narrated by our ancestors, in the defence of Alcoy from the Muslim attack of Al-Azraq.
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.
A 10-foot-long, 600-pound great white shark pinged off St. George Island on March 11, 2024. Its track shows pings on the east & west coast of Florida.
In parallel, a revival of St George's Day as an English national holiday has been encouraged by organisations such as English Heritage and the Royal Society of Saint George, partly in reaction to calls to replace St George as patron saint of England. [18] [19] A 2003 BBC Radio 4 poll on the subject revealed some interest in replacing him. [20]