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Aegina obtained money for her defences by the unwilling sacrifice of her cherished relic, the head of St. George, which had been carried there from Livadia by the Catalans.

In 1462, the Venetian Senate ordered the relic to be removed to St. Giorgio Maggiore in Venice.

On 12 November, it was transported from Aegina, by Vettore Cappello, the famous Venetian commander.

The Senate gave the Aeginetans 100 ducats apiece towards fortifying the island.