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George
was born in Palestine in the fourth century. Legend has it that
the beautiful daughter of a king was chosen by town lottery
to be sacrificed to a dragon. The princess courageously faced
the beast, when suddenly George charged in on his mighty white
stallion. He tied up the dragon and paraded the monstrosity
through town. The terrified townspeople agreed to George's condition
that they all convert to Christianity, and he slew the dragon.
Fifteen thousand people converted and the king offered the strapping
young knight his most precious treasures in gratitude. George
distributed his booty to the poor and left for Rome, where Christians
were being ravaged by the evil emperor Diocletion. The heroic
knight was eventually beheaded. “Riding St. George”
was a medieval method of heterosexual intercourse, placing the
woman in the dominant position, which was believed to be a way
for a Bishop to be begot. George is also the patron of Catalonia,
England, Genoa, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Venice, knights,
soldiers, archers, armorers, cavalry, horses, equestrians, saddlers,
farmers, butchers and husbands; and he's invoked skin diseases
and V.D. His feast day is April 23. |
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