Saint George
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In Christian hagiography Saint George - The Saint who killed the Dragon (ca. 275-281–April 23, 303) was a soldier of the Roman Empire, from Anatolia, now modern day Turkey, who was venerated as an Islamic and Christian martyr.
Immortalised in the tale of George and the Dragon, he is the patron saint of various countries and cities as well as a wide range of professions, organisations and disease sufferers.
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See also
- Bristol, England, which has a district called Saint George and also a park bearing that name
- Diada de Sant Jordi
- Dragon Hill, Uffington
- Frithjof Schuon
- Georgslied, 9th-century Old High German poem about the life of Saint George
- Knights of St. George
- One Good Knight (a novel) Andres Dealencar.
- Paladin
- Uastyrdzhi
- St George's Church, churches dedicated to St. George
- St. George Dragons (sports)
- St. George's, Bermuda
- The Magic Sword, 1961 film loosely based on the legend of St. George and the Dragon
- Patrick Woodroffe, author of several poems about St George collated in a book called Hallelujah Anyway
- St. George's Austrian High School, a private Austrian-Turkish high school located in Istanbul, Turkey
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