Today the 23rd of April England celebrates St George’s Day
The patron saint was born in Cappadocia, Turkey. He was killed by Roman Emperor Diocletian for refusing to denounce Christianity and instead worship the Roman gods in 303 AD
In folklore, it is said that he defeated an invading dragon that had been violently extorting money and young women from the local population.
By the 5th century, churches were being dedicated to him in Jerusalem, Egypt, and Syria
By the 6th century, his name appeared in Christian texts across Europe, and he was revered as a military saint, a protector of soldiers and defenders of the faith
During the 11th-13th centur Crusased, English knights fighting in the Holy Land heard stories of St George appearing in visions to help Christian armies. He was seen as a divine warrior—ideal for a nation romanticizing knighthood and bravery
St George became the patron saint in the 14th century when Edward III adopted him as the emblem of the Order of the Garter
By the 15th century, St George had eclipsed earlier English saints like St Edmund. In 1415, his feast day (April 23) was made a national feast day in England
