The Patron Saint of England, Lybia, Lebanon, and Greece, George was a Syrian Christian soldier who quickly rose
through the ranks of the Roman the army into the Imperial Guard by virtue of his valor and vision.
However, he had the temerity to confront the Emperor Dioclesian concerning his harsh, unjust, and bloodthirsty decrees. For his candor and
courage, George was immediately imprisoned and was soon after beheaded.
The legend of George is centered around
his slaying of the dragon that had demanded the children of the town of Sylene
in Libya. George wounded the
dragon and led him back into the town where he proclaimed that he would kill
the dragon if the people of the city would hear and heed the Gospel, convert to Christianity, and be
baptized. Starting with the king, some 15,000
citizens were thereafter baptized.
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