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34 unusual facts about Saint George


Alexander Perepilichny

He moved to the exclusive Saint George's Hill estate in Weybridge, where he lived in a £12,500-a-month luxury home.

Anji Kapoor

She considered her inner self as Asian, although she regarded George as her patron saint.

Bentley State Limousine

When the Queen is on board, the Bentley "Flying B" bonnet ornament is either replaced by Her Majesty's personal mascot of Saint George slaying the dragon or a single standing Lion.

Brian R. Price

Price is a co-founder and, until early 2011, was the long-time curriculum director of the Schola Saint George school of Historical European martial arts.

In the 1990s, Price was also instrumental in establishing the Company of Saint George, a "Tournament Company" within the SCA dedicated to staging historically accurate tournaments and pas d'armes in an SCA context.

Brotherhood of Saint George

The choice of Saint George as patron saint of the order may suggest a degree of personal involvement in the Brotherhood by King Edward IV, who had a keen interest in the cult of that particular saint.

Bruce W. Winter

In 1973, he left Australia and began parish ministry at the Anglican Saint George's Church, Singapore.

César, Duke of Vendôme

He died later that year on 22 October 1655 in Paris and was buried in the chapel of Saint-Georges at the Château of Vendôme.

Church Gresley

The Church of England parish church of Saint George and Saint Mary was built early in the 12th century as the priory's conventual church.

Coins of Upper Canada

The obverse of the coins carried a representation of St.George slaying the dragon based on Benedetto Pistrucci's gold sovereign coinage design.

Edde, Lebanon

The Mar Jurius (Saint George) Church, which stands in a small square in the middle of the village, was built with Roman temple remains.

Evenley

The mediaeval building was replaced in 1864-65 by the present Church of England parish church of Saint George, designed by the Gothic Revival architect Henry Woodyer.

Fordington, Dorset

The will of Alfred the Great is said to make an early reference to Saint George of England, in the context of the church of Fordington, Dorset.

Frauenroth Abbey

The abbey, dedicated to Saint George and All Saints, was built in 1231 by Count Otto II and Beatrix von Botenlauben, who were both later buried here.

George Medal

The reverse shows St. George on horseback slaying the dragon on the coast of England, with the legend "THE GEORGE MEDAL" around the top edge of the medal.

Great Bromley

The village church dates from the 14th and 15th centuries and is dedicated to Saint George but is sometimes referred to as the "Cathedral of the Tendring Hundred."

Hardham

The Church of England parish church or St Botolph has some of the oldest surviving wall paintings in the country, including an image of Saint George at the Siege of Antioch in AD 1097.

Heggbach Abbey

This church was redesigned at the beginning of the 14th century and dedicated to Our Lady and Saint George.

John X of Antioch

After his consecration, Bishop John immediately began to work to revive the patriarchal monastery of St. George in Al-Humayrah, serving as the monastery's abbot from 1995-2002.

Loew's Jersey Theatre

The clock featured a white faced clock that was illuminated from behind with a statue of Saint George and a statue of a dragon.

Manuela Martelli

She studied at Saint George's College and later studied drama at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Mar Emmanuel Yosip

He became a deacon in 1981 and a priest in 1984 at Mar Gewargis, Assyrian Church in Chicago.

Ron King

Ron "Suki" King (born 1956) is a checkers player from Saint George, Barbados.

Saham Toney

The Parish Church of Saint George is constructed from flint and has a 15th century tower containing 6 bells and a clock.

Saint George Parish, New Brunswick

Saint George Parish created in 1786: named for the English patron saint.

Saint George's College, Santiago

Machuca, A 2004 movie connected to events at the College

Its traditional rival schools are Colegio del Verbo Divino and Colegio San Ignacio, which were originally located near one another in the Pedro de Valdivia neighborhood of Providencia.

Its history is rich and is closely tied with the history of Chile, including the 1970s when the school was taken over by the military government and Holy Cross was ousted.

Saint George's Memorial Church, Ypres

Land was given by the town, and the foundation stone was laid by Field Marshal Lord Plumer on July 24, 1927.

Springthorpe

The limestone parish church, which is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and Saint George, is a Grade I listed building dating from the 11th century, and restored in 1865.

St. George Society of Philadelphia

The seal of the society was described in the act of incorporation as a shield bordered with thirteen stars, on which is depicted Saint George slaying the dragon, with the eye of Providence beaming upon him, and on a wreath above, a young phoenix rising from the flames.

St. George the Martyr's Church

There are various churches dedicated to Saint George the Martyr

Varshets

Varshets has an art gallery, a municipal museum and an Eastern Orthodox church dedicated to Saint George.

Weltenburg Abbey

The monastery courtyard is surrounded by Baroque buildings, the highlight of which is the abbey church, dedicated to Saint George, which was built by the Asam Brothers between 1716 and 1739.


A Scandal in Paris

While making their way to Paris, they are hired to pose for a painter (Fritz Leiber), Vidocq as Saint George and Vernet as the dragon.

Adam David Miller

Born in Saint George, South Carolina, Miller published one of the first collections of modern African-American poetry, as well as four books of poetry and a memoir, Ticket to Exile about his life growing up in the Jim Crow South.

Castle chapel

Castle chapels were usually consecrated to saints, especially those associated with knighthood, such as Saint George or Saint Gereon.

Climate of Salt Lake City

In late January, heavy rains overflowed the Santa Clara River in Washington County in the southwest corner of the state, destroying several homes in Ivins, Santa Clara, and Saint George, and essentially cutting off the small town of Gunlock.

Count Nikolay Adlerberg

On his trip to Palestine, Count Adlerberg visited and prayed at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and after this Adlerbergs financed the building of a new Russian Orthodox church dedicated to Saint George (Церковь святого великомученика и победоносца Георгия) in Al Karak.

Edmundo Pérez Zujovic

On one occasion, Jara sang the song at Saint George's College in Santiago, in the presence of one of Pérez Zujovic's sons.

Gata, Croatia

Gata is a part of the historical Republic of Poljica, and up until the end of the Republic it was the place where the prince of Poljica was elected every year on the day of their patron Saint George.

Ignaz Waibl

In 1683 he made the Angel Altar in the parish church of Saint George and Saint Nicholas in Oetz in the Tyrol.

Machuca

The film is dedicated to Father Gerardo Whelan, C.S.C. who from 1969 to 1973 was the director of Colegio Saint George (Saint George's College), the private English-language school in Santiago that the film's director attended as a boy.

Malesina

Also in the municipality of Malesina is the Byzantine nunnery of Saint George, as well as the archaeological sites of Alai Lokri (in Theologos), Korseias (Chiliadou or Paliokastro Proskyna) and Voumelitea (Chiliadou or Martino).

North–South All-American Game

The game, played in 2002 and 2003 in Saint George, Utah (on the campus of Dixie State College of Utah at Hansen Stadium), was held at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada and renamed the Las Vegas All-American Classic, which matched a team of players from Division I-A and I-AA schools located east of the Mississippi River (who play as the "East" team) against players from schools located west of Mississippi (who play as the "West" team).

Pedro Roldán

Altarpiece of the Entombment of Christ, Saint George, Saint Roch, and the Virgin of Charity (Entierro de Cristo, San Jorge, San Roque y Virgen de la Caridad, Hospital de la Caridad, Seville.

Saint George Maronite Cathedral, Beirut

A number of works of art that were looted have since been recovered, including the famous painting by Delacroix representing Saint George, the patron saint of the cathedral and of the Archdiocese of the city of Beirut.

Sari Saltik

In various legends he is identified with Christian saints (Saint George, Elijah, Saint Nicholas, Saint Simeon, Saint Naum or Saint Spyridon).

Somers Isles Company

A ninth subdivision, now the eastern-most parish, was Saint George's, comprising Saint George's Island, Saint David's Island, part of the Main Island, and various smaller islands and islets around Castle Harbour (then known as Southampton Harbour) and Saint George's Harbour.

St Faith's Church, Little Witchingham

One shows parts of Saint George killing the Dragon, another is thought to have contained Saint Christopher, and another possibly is of The Three Living and the Three Dead.

St. George Orthodox Church, Chandanapally

St. George Orthodox Church, Chandanapally or Chandanapally Valiyapalli is one of the biggest churches in South India, located at a village named Chandanapally, Pathanamthitta District in Kerala state of India.

The Society of the Friends of St George's and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter

Every friend member is also given a personalized written Membership Certificate which bears an illumination of the patron saint and dragon known as The George, and is signed by the Dean of Windsor; and a college heraldic badge which bears the heraldic shield of St George's Cross.

Ulrich II, Duke of Carinthia

There is a record of Ulrich making a donation to the Stift Sankt Georgen monastery near Sankt Georgen am Längsee on 31 March 1199.

Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele

Saint Donatian of Reims, patron saint of Bruges' collegiate church, stands to the left, with Saint George (van der Paele's name saint) dressed in the pomp of a medieval knight's armour, to the right.

Wiborada

He arranged for her to stay in a cell next to the church of St. Georgen near the monastery, where she remained for four years before relocating to a cell adjoining the church of St. Magnus.