Portal:Saint George
"Soldier of Cappadocian Greek origins, member of the Praetorian Guard for Roman emperor Diocletian, who was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith. He became one of the most venerated saints and megalo-martyrs in Christianity, and he has been especially venerated as a military saint since the Crusades. In hagiography, as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and one of the most prominent military saints, he is immortalised in the legend of Saint George and the Dragon."
Saint George
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Reference works edit
- "George, St.," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
- "George, Saint," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "George, St.," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
- "Georgius (43), patron saint of England," in Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century, (ed.) by Henry Wace and William C. Piercy, London: John Murray (1911)
- "St. George," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
Saint George and the Dragon edit
- "St. George", in Heroes Every Child Should Know by H. W. Mabie (1908).
- "S. George", in Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by Sabine Baring-Gould (1866).
- "Saint George of England"
Other edit
- "St. George and the Dragon", war speech in The War and the Future by John Masefield (1918)