Optional Memorial of St. George, 280-303; martyr who suffered at Lydda in Palestine, probably before the time of Constantine; legends of dragon-slaying, rescuing the king’s daughter, and converting Libya are products of a Twelfth Century Italian fable; patron of england, Portugal, Germany, Aragon, Catalonia, Genoa, Milan, and Bologna
Optional Memorial of St. George, 280-303; martyr who suffered at Lydda in Palestine, probably before the time of Constantine; legends of dragon-slaying, rescuing the king’s daughter, and converting Libya are products of a Twelfth Century Italian fable; patron of england, Portugal, Germany, Aragon, Catalonia, Genoa, Milan, and Bologna