Despite being born in Cappadocia, Turkey and never actually setting foot on UK soil, St George is celebrated across England every April 23.

A day commemorating (supposed) dragon slaying and tales of knighthood - it’s only St George’s Day.The national day is acknowledged by many Christian churches and dedicated to the patron saint of ...

becoming an early Christian martyr. The legend of George slaying a dragon and rescuing an innocent maiden from death is medieval. St George's Day is celebrated in England on 23 April, reputed to ...

The story of the dragon is attached to George fairly late. It first appears in a prologue added in the 12th century to the ...

Today (23 April) marks St George’s Day – a day to celebrate the Christian martyr who became the patron saint of England. He is, perhaps, best known through the English – aka St George’s ...

St George is the patron saint of England, but what do we really know ... When someone dies for their beliefs they’re called a ‘martyr’. Over 200 years later Pope Gelasius, head of the ...

The country celebrates St George's Day today (April 23), with England flags and bunting flying high in a display of patriotism, but just who was the dragon-slaying martyr that the nation adopted ...