Saint George of Lydda

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Christian martyr legendary figure military saint saint soldier-saint

Saint George of Lydda is a Christian martyr and legendary soldier-saint, best known as the dragon-slaying patron saint of England and various other regions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Saint George 38
Saint George was buried at this site 1

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian martyr ⓘ
legendary figure ⓘ
military saint ⓘ
saint ⓘ
soldier-saint ⓘ
allegiance Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWith Crusades ⓘ
Cross of Saint George ⓘ
surface form: St George's Cross

chivalry ⓘ
dragon-slaying legend ⓘ
birthPlace Lod ⓘ
Ramla ⓘ
surface form: Lydda

Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Roman province of Syria Palaestina
canonizationStatus pre-congregation ⓘ
category Fourteen Holy Helpers ⓘ
surface form: Fourteen Holy Helpers (in some traditions)
centuryOfDeath 4th century ⓘ
commemoratedOn St George's Day ⓘ
cultSpreadBy Crusaders ⓘ
deathCause martyrdom ⓘ
deathPlace Bithynia ⓘ
Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ
surface form: Nicomedia

Roman Empire ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
feastDay 23 April ⓘ
6 May (Julian calendar, Eastern Orthodox) ⓘ
hasLegend conversion of pagans after dragon's defeat ⓘ
rescue of a princess from a dragon ⓘ
honoredIn Islamic tradition as al-Khidr (often associated) ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
iconographicAttribute armed with a spear ⓘ
armed with a sword ⓘ
mounted on horseback ⓘ
slaying a dragon ⓘ
wearing armor ⓘ
languageOfCult Arabic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
liturgicalColor red ⓘ
majorShrine Church of Saint George, Lod ⓘ
Lydda (modern Lod, Israel) ⓘ
surface form: Lydda (Lod), Israel

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England ⓘ
surface form: Saint George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
nationalSymbolOf England ⓘ
occupation soldier ⓘ
patronage Aragon ⓘ
Beirut ⓘ
Scouts and Guides ⓘ
surface form: Boy Scouts

Bulgaria ⓘ
Catalonia ⓘ
England ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Georgia (country)

Moldova ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
farmers ⓘ
shepherds ⓘ
soldiers ⓘ
patronSaintOf Order of the Garter ⓘ
rank officer ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
symbol red cross on white background ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
surface form: Church of the East

Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Churches

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
virtueAssociated courage ⓘ
faith ⓘ
military valor ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

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

Cross of Saint George → associatedWith → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
Flag of England → associatedWith → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
Lydda (modern Lod, Israel) → associatedWithSaint → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
subject surface form: Lydda
this entity surface form: Saint George
Church of Saint George, Lod → dedicatedTo → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
Saint George Maronite Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
St George-in-the-East → dedicatedTo → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
St George’s, Hanover Square, London → dedicatedTo → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
St. George’s Cathedral, Phanar → dedicatedTo → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
Coat of arms of Moscow → depicts → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
flag of Moscow → features → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
this entity surface form: Saint George
Fourteen Holy Helpers → hasMember → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
this entity surface form: Saint George
Cross of Saint George → hasPatronSaint → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
OSMG → hasSaintPatron → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
subject surface form: Order of St Michael and St George
this entity surface form: Saint George
St George's Day → honours → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
this entity surface form: Saint George
Saint George and the Dragon → mainCharacter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
Fort St. George → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
this entity surface form: Saint George
Order of St Michael and St George → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
OSMG → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
subject surface form: Order of St Michael and St George
this entity surface form: Saint George
Saint George Maronite Cathedral → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
St George's Hall, Liverpool → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
St George-in-the-East → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
St George’s Channel → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
St. George’s, Bermuda → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
São Jorge Castle → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
Diocletianic Persecution → notableMartyr → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
Donatello → notableWork → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
GCMG → orderPatronSaint → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
KCMG → orderPatronSaint → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
Flag of England → patronSaint → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
Kingdom of England → patronSaint → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
Ragusa → patronSaint → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
flag of Moscow → patronSaintDepicted → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
flag of Moscow → religiousFigureDepicted → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
Cross of Saint George → symbolOf → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George
St George → title → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
Church of Saint George, Lod → traditionHolds → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint George was buried at this site