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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Saint George
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(flourished 3rd century — died traditionally Lydda, Palestine; feast day April 23) Early Christian martyr and patron saint of England. His historical existence is uncertain, but from the 6th century he was the subject of legends as a warrior-saint. He was said to have rescued a Libyan king's daughter from a dragon, which he killed in return for a promise that the king's subjects would be baptized. In art, the young saint often wears knight's armor ornamented with a scarlet cross. He probably became England's patron saint in the 14th century, when Edward III made him patron of the Order of the Garter.

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Architecture and Landscaping: James of Saint-George
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(fl. 1261–d. 1309)

Master-mason, probably from Piedmont, in charge of the construction of King Edward I's (reigned 1272–1307) chain of fortresses in North Wales. Saint-George superintended the building of Flint and Rhuddlan Castles, and probably designed Aberystwyth and Builth Castles (1277–82). He then designed the town walls of Conway, Caernarfon, and Denbigh (begun 1282–3), and the Castles of Conway and Harlech. To judge from his rates of pay, he was obviously held in high esteem, and in the 1290s he began to build Beaumaris Castle, Anglesea. By 1302 he was involved in securing the English stronghold of Linlithgow, Scotland, and may have designed the gatehouse at Kildrummy Castle (1303). He was probably in the service of the Counts of Savoy in the 1260s before coming to England.

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  • J. Harvey (1987)

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Columbia Encyclopedia: Saint George
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Saint George, town (1991 pop. 1,648), on St. George's Island, Bermuda. It was the capital of Bermuda until 1815, when it was replaced by Hamilton. During the American Civil War it harbored Confederate blockade-runners.

Translations: St. George's
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - St. George's

Deutsch (German)
n. - St. George's

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סיינט ג'ורג'ס, סט. ג'ורג'ס‬

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