Here’s how this Iberian soldier-turned-priest and missionary was canonized a saint and came to be the protector and patron of soldiers across the world. The Soldier Ignatius was the youngest of ...

Although there are many patron saints associated with military service, 1AE chose to recognize St. Maurice for infantry, St. Michael for paratroopers, St. Barbara for field artillery, and St. George.

St George and Dead Soldier, painted by Scott Norwood Witts, was installed at the cathedral on Wednesday this week and will be discussed by the Very Rev Victor Stock in his sermon on Sunday (April 19).

Made England’s patron saint by Edward III in 1327, George’s feast day soon loomed large in the English imagination. The saint was regarded as the protector of the English, with soldiers ...

MONTEREY, Calif. - During a humble ceremony at the Presidio of Monterey Chapel Sept. 11, St. Jerome became inducted as the patron saint of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center ...

Voices This St George’s Day, we should remember that the patron saint of England was an immigrant. Saint George was born in Turkey to a Turkish father and Palestinian mother.

St George’s Day: Google Doodle celebrates dragon slayer and patron saint of England. Roman solider beheaded for refusing to renounce Christian faith has stood as emblem of English heroism for ...

St George never actually set foot in England, so you may be wondering how he ended up the nation’s patron saint. Despite spending most of his life in Palestine, he was chosen as England’s ...

He represents the perfect patron saint for our ethnically diverse country. Born in Turkey to a Palestinian mum, St George never set foot in England – yet he has come to personify the essence of ...

But St George did not become the patron saint of England until the 14th century, though St George’s Day had been celebrated since the previous century from 1222.