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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Saint George	142
Christian martyr Saint George	3
Saint George of Lydda canonical	1
Saint George was buried at this site	1
St. George (traditional attribution)	1
cult of Saint George	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 (149)

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

St George → title → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

Cross of Saint George → associatedWith → 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

Cross of Saint George → hasPatronSaint → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Order of St Michael and St George → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Kingdom of England → patronSaint → 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

Diocletianic Persecution → notableMartyr → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

St George's Day → honours → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

São Jorge Castle → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Flag of England → associatedWith → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Flag of England → patronSaint → 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

Saint George Maronite Cathedral → namedAfter → 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

Fort St. George → namedAfter → 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

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

St George’s Channel → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Saint George and the Dragon → mainCharacter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Saint George and the Dragon → iconographicAttributeOf → 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

GCMG → orderPatronSaint → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

KCMG → orderPatronSaint → 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

OSMG → hasSaintPatron → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

subject surface form: Order of St Michael and St George

this entity surface form: Saint George

Fourteen Holy Helpers → hasMember → 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-in-the-East → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers → hasPatronSaint → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Founding of the Order of the Garter → hasAssociatedSaint → 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’s, Bermuda → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Ragusa → patronSaint → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Donatello → notableWork → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Church of Saint George, Lod → dedicatedTo → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Church of Saint George, Lod → traditionHolds → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George was buried at this site

Great George pendant → hasMotif → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Great George pendant → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Great George pendant → religiousFigureDepicted → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian martyr Saint George

Voroneț Monastery → dedicatedTo → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Voroneț Monastery → patronSaint → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

St. George's Chapel → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Church of San Giorgio Maggiore → dedicatedTo → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

São Jorge hill → namedAfter → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Diospolis → hasNotablePerson → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint George

Diospolis → associatedWith → Saint George of Lydda ⓘ

this entity surface form: cult of Saint George