St. George

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Feastday: April 23
Patron of England & Catalonia

Pictures of St. George usually show him killing a dragon to rescue a beautiful lady. The dragon stands for wickedness. The lady stands for God's holy truth. St. George was a brave martyr who was victorious over the devil.

He was a soldier in the army of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, and he was one of the Emperor's favorite soldiers. Now Diocletian was a pagan and a bitter enemy to the Christians. He put to death every Christian he could find. George was a brave Christian, a real soldier of Christ. Without fear, he went to the Emperor and sternly scolded him for being so cruel. Then he gave up his position in the Roman army. For this he was tortured in many terrible ways and finally beheaded.

So boldly daring and so cheerful was St. George in declaring his Faith and in dying for it that Christians felt courage when they heard about it. Many songs and poems were written about this martyr. Soldiers, especially, have always been devoted to him.

We all have some "dragon" we have to conquer. It might be pride, or anger, or laziness, or greediness, or something else. Let us make sure we fight against these "dragons", with God's help. Then we can call ourselves real soldiers of Christ. .

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24 Comments

vanz
August 7th, 2008 12:11 am
thanks
shajipyesudas
August 25th, 2008 11:42 pm
st.George is protected in my life. All time my pray St.george with st.Mary to Jesus. Thanking by.shaji/-
Timothy Minich
September 14th, 2008 5:56 am
Thank you for posting the information on the saints. Particularly Saint George. He is my confirmation name saint, and I was happy to be able to find information on him. I hope that by God's grace I may be able to live as St. George lived...a truly professed Christian at all times.
Andrew
October 20th, 2008 6:26 am
St. George rulls
shajipyesudas
November 30th, 2008 5:50 pm
Im doing St George for my comformation name
George
December 26th, 2008 7:55 am
You pretty much said what I was going to say. Yep, now I know what my confirmation name is. It's nice to know that such a great saint has the same name as me.
Jorge
January 13th, 2009 6:35 am
I iam doing st. George for my confirmation name too.
conner
January 20th, 2009 8:38 pm
thank you for giving such great info on saint george
Lawson
February 3rd, 2009 3:05 pm
Thank you St. George for being there for me through my life.
Bob
February 24th, 2009 6:56 pm
This article is great, since I'm using Saint George as my Confirmation name.
Melissa
March 8th, 2009 12:10 pm
Thank You, I need to write about St. George for my conformation. This information really helps!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS
Adam
March 25th, 2009 7:03 pm
I am a boy scout. I'm glad I found St. George.
adam
April 23rd, 2009 7:44 pm
i am also a boyscout and i am also using this as my confirmation name. that is so cool!
alex
April 23rd, 2009 7:50 pm
Thank you so much for giving every one of us this important information about St.George since some of us had chosen him as a Confirmation name. I now realize how great he was and am glad I had been born on his Feast day. Go St. George!
Veronica
May 29th, 2009 7:46 pm
this is a great story of st.George :] it is very cool that i am using it for my Sunday school lesson for my class!
luke collier
June 16th, 2009 10:03 pm
this web site has given me lots of info for religion report ecc
maina george
November 26th, 2009 7:22 am
i'm so glad to know who's my saint.it has made me feel like i was not given my baptismal name for ordinary reasons but for a special purpose. sincerely i'm inspired.thank you guyz
Barbara Penn
March 21st, 2010 10:51 am
I write a monthly column called "Getting to Know the Saints" for our church newsletter. The information on your website is very helpful to me. Thank you!
Justin
March 30th, 2010 8:01 am
I am doing this saint as my saints project as well GO George!!! lmfao
sean smell
April 8th, 2010 11:20 am
he is my confirmation saint . but i don't know where he was born and died. and this page needs to have more facts
judef
April 26th, 2010 1:19 am
really inspiring bio of St.George...
Trey
April 26th, 2010 6:34 pm
St. George is a very amazing saint because of want he did for God. I hope I can live as he did. St. George pray for me.
George Ruben Smith
May 1st, 2010 3:41 am
it's really great this article helped me to know about the saint's name i bear.
jonathan barragan
May 22nd, 2010 12:11 pm
im doing saint George for my conformation and i think he is great

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