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St
George
St George was born
in Cappadocia of noble Christian parents where on the death of his
father accompanied his mother to Palestine her country of origin
where she had land where George was to run the estate.
He was
martyred at Lydda in Palestine (Nicomedia). He held an important
post in the Roman army - the rank of tribune during the reign
of the Emperor Dioclesian (245-313).
Dioclesian was a great persecutor
of Christians (from about 302) and when the persecutions began George
put aside his office and complained to the Emperor of the cruelty
towards the Christians.
For his trouble though, he
was thrown into prison and tortured. He would not denounce his faith
however and the following day was killed.
The Emperor's wife
Alexandria was so impressed with St George's courage that she became
a Christian and so to was put to death for her trouble.
George
and the Dragon
According to legend
a pagan town in Libya was being terrorised by a dragon where the
locals were throwing sheep to it before sacrificing some of the
citizenry.
Finally the local princess was to be thrown also to
the beast but St George came along and slaughtered the dragon and
rescued the fair princess, and with this brave act the townsfolk
converted to Christianity.
The reason for him being adopted as
the saint of battles was partly because he was a soldier, but also
because he is said to have appeared to the Christian army before
the battle of Antioch.
It is also said that he appeared to our
English King Richard I (The Lionheart) during his crusade against
the Saracens, which served as a great encouragement to the troops.
The
symbols explained are that the dragon represented Satan and the
princess represented the Christian church. St George rescued the
pagans from evil by vanquishing it and saved the church from being
devoured by the evil forces of darkness.
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