St George's Day

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Christian feast day national day religious observance

St George's Day is a Christian feast day and national celebration in several countries, notably England, honoring St George as their patron saint.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Saint George's Day 5
Feast of Saint George 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian feast day ⓘ
national day ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
associatedWith Saint George and the Dragon ⓘ
surface form: Saint George and the Dragon legend

chivalry ⓘ
martyrdom of Saint George ⓘ
calendarPlacement Eastertide ⓘ
surface form: Eastertide (often falls during the Easter season)
correspondingGregorianDateInEasternOrthodoxChurches usually 6 May ⓘ
countryWhereObserved Australia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
various countries with Christian traditions ⓘ
countryWhereWidelyCelebrated England ⓘ
dateInEasternOrthodoxChurches 23 April (Julian calendar) ⓘ
dateInEngland 23 April ⓘ
hasPatronSaintRole patron saint of England ⓘ
patron saint of soldiers ⓘ
patron saint of some cities and regions ⓘ
honours Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
surface form: Saint George
linkedTo English national identity ⓘ
medieval crusader traditions ⓘ
liturgicalColour red ⓘ
liturgicalRankInChurchOfEngland Feast of Title or Principal Feast (for churches dedicated to St George) ⓘ
observanceIncludes church services ⓘ
cultural festivals ⓘ
display of the flag of Saint George ⓘ
folk customs ⓘ
parades ⓘ
patriotic celebrations ⓘ
observedBy Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicans

Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Christians

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christians

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholics

members of various Christian denominations ⓘ
patronSaintOf Aragon ⓘ
Catalonia ⓘ
England ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
several regions and cities worldwide ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
symbol flag of England ⓘ
Cross of Saint George ⓘ
surface form: red cross of Saint George
typicalGregorianDate 23 April ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint George of Lydda → commemoratedOn → St George's Day ⓘ
St George → commemoratedOn → St George's Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George's Day
Ragusa → hasFestival → St George's Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feast of Saint George
England → nationalDay → St George's Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George's Day
Saint Andrew's Day → relatedHoliday → St George's Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George's Day
Saint David's Day → relatedTo → St George's Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George's Day
Flag of England → usedOnDay → St George's Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George's Day