[PW] Re: St George & The Dragon & Patronage

[Sylvia Milne]

According to this BBC website 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/features/stgeorge/index.shtml
or  http://tinyurl.com/fdo7f
he is  also patron saint of soldiers, archers, cavalry and chivalry, farmers 
and field workers, riders and saddlers, and he helps those suffering from 
leprosy, plague and syphilis.
Busy chap!

Sylvia Milne

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http://www.sylviamilne.btinternet.co.uk/plucked/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eoin C. Bairéad" <ebairead at gmail.com>
To: <list at project-wombat.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 1:16 PM
Subject: [PW] St George & The Dragon & Patronage


Hi

I've just come back from a holiday in Prague (beautiful city!) and
find yet another crowd with a devotion to St. George.

Even more than most apostles, he seems popular in lots of places -
England, the Ukraine, Bohemia - the list goes on.

Does anyone know why this excessive popularity ?

Thanks

Eoin

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Eoin C. Bairéad
Dublin, Ireland
Áth Cliath, Éire
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