Saint George
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Saint George, also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the Roman army. Of Cappadocian Greek ori
Saint George by Carlo Crivelli, c. 1472
George depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493
Saint George and the Dragon, 1434/35, by Bernat Martorell, commissioned by the Generalitat of Catalonia
Saint George the Dragon-Slayer, 16th century, by Georgios Klontzas
Saint George's Cross
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In heraldry, Saint George's Cross is a red cross on a white background, which, from the Late Middle Ages, has been associated with Saint George, a military saint who is often depicted as a crusader.
Miniature of Saint George and the Dragon, ms. of the Legenda Aurea, dated 1348 (BNF Français 241, fol. 101v.)
Saint George as a crusader knight, miniature from a ms. of Vies de Saints, c. 1310 (Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms. 588)
Miniature of Saint George and the Dragon, ms. of the Legenda Aurea, Paris, 1382 (BL Royal 19 B XVII, f. 109).
Saint George with an earl of Lancaster (probably Edmund Crouchback), from an English Book of Hours, c. 1330.