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.
Saint George
…George as a simple, unifying sign for international Christian militia embroidered on the left hand side of their tunics, placed above the heart. The Cross of St. George, also known in Aragon as the Cross of Alcoraz, continues to emblazon the flags of all of Aragon's provinces. The association of St. George with chivalry…
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.