Forty years ago an English writer, W. L. George, dealt with this subject in Eddies of the Day, and said, as an example, that ' Saint George for Merry England ' would not start a spirit half so quickly as ' Strike frog-eating Frenchmen dead ' ''!!

John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, conquered the Portuguese possessions of Saint George del Mina, Saint Thomas, and Luanda, Angola, on the west coast of Africa.

A common theory about the building is that the rounded feature to the left of centre, terminating at the top in a turret and cross, represents the lance of Saint George ( patron saint of Catalonia, Gaudi's home ), which has been plunged into the back of the dragon.

The present town of Ajaccio was founded in 1492 south of the Christian village by the Bank of Saint George at Genoa, which dispatched Cristoforo of Gandini, an architect, to build it.

Saint George and the Dragon by Gustave Moreau.

He cites the Christian legend of Saint George as an example of this theme.

File: St. George & St. Rueiss Coptic Orthodox Church. JPG | Saint Georges & Saint Rueiss Church, Toronto, Canada

Her parents, George and Lorena Hall worked at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota from 1938-1952.

Their monasteries, such as Saint George in Wadi Kelt and Mar Saba in the Judean Desert, are places of pilgrimage.

The motif is continued in Greek Apollo, and the early Christian narratives about Archangel Michael and Saint George.

( Community and Parish of Saint George Thebarton, Adelaide, South Australia | St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Adelaide )

Examples of such Christian mythology are the themes woven round Saint George or Saint Christopher.

Alexander thus chose to retire from the army and take up the new position, and, in anticipation of his viceregal posting, was on 26 January 1946 appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.

A number of monasteries and churches were built, including St George of Koziba in 340 CE and a domed church dedicated to Saint Eliseus.

Famous writers and composers who have created works about her include: William Shakespeare ( Henry VI, Part 1 ), Voltaire ( The Maid of Orleans ), Friedrich Schiller ( The Maid of Orleans ), Giuseppe Verdi ( Giovanna d ' Arco ), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( The Maid of Orleans ), Mark Twain ( Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc ), Arthur Honegger ( Jeanne d ' Arc au bûcher ), Jean Anouilh ( L ' Alouette ), Bertolt Brecht ( Saint Joan of the Stockyards ), George Bernard Shaw ( Saint Joan ), Maxwell Anderson ( Joan of Lorraine ), and Leonard Cohen ( Joan of Arc ).

Another hero of the Grail quest, Sir Galahad ( a 13th-century literary invention of monks from St. Bernard's Cistercian Order ) was depicted bearing a shield with the cross of Saint George, similar to the Templars ' insignia: this version presented the " Holy " Grail as a Christian relic.

* the Order of Saint George, founded by Charles I of Hungary in 1325 / 6

The Royal Victorian Order was opened to women in 1936, and the Order of Bath and Saint Michael and Saint George in 1965 and 1971 respectively.

Other non-religious ( i. e., non-vowed monastic ) great figures include Saint George Preca, a Maltese priest and Carmelite Tertiary.

* Malta – Saint Paul of Tarsus, Saint Publius, Saint George Preca

San Gejtanu Parish is located almost at the centre of Ħamrun, and this church was home for Saint Gorg Preca, a Maltese Saint who used to attend Holy Mass in this parish.

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church is the Motherhouse of the Society of Christian Doctrine founded by Saint George Preca.

** George Preca

** George Preca, Maltese saint ( d. 1962 )

It was founded by the St. George Preca in 1907.