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Saint George is the patron saint of: (As per Patron Saint Index)

against herpes

against leprosy

against plague

against skin diseases

against skin rashes

against syphilis

agricultural workers

archers

armourers

Boy Scouts

butchers

cavalry

chivalry

Crusaders

equestrians

farmers

field hands

field workers

horsemen

horses

husbandmen

knights

lepers

Order of the Garter

Palestinian Christians

riders

Romanian Army

saddle makers

saddlers

sheep

shepherds

soldiers

Teutonic Knights

Canada

England (by Pope Benedict XIV)

Ethiopia

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Lithuania

Malta

Portugal

Cappadocia

Catalonia

Palestine

Limburg, Germany, diocese of

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, eparchy of

Amersfoort, Netherlands

Appignano del Tronto, Italy

Aragon, Spain

Arcole, Italy

Beirut, Lebanon

Carpeneto, Italy

Cerreto Grue, Alessandria, Italy

Constantinople

Ferrara, Italy

Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Genoa, Italy

Gozo, Malta

Haldern, Germany

Heide, Germany

Hone, Italy

Istanbul, Turkey

Modica, Sicily, Italy

Molsheim, France

Moscow, Russia

Nerola, Italy

Ptuj, Slovenia

Qormi, Malta

Riano, Italy

Senj, Croatia

Venegono Superiore, Italy

Venice, Italy

Victoria, Gozo, Malta

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13y ago

George is the patron saint of:

•against herpes

•against leprosy

•against plague

•against skin diseases

•against skin rashes

•against syphilis

•agricultural workers

•archers

•armourers

•Boy Scouts

•butchers

•cavalry

•chivalry

•Crusaders

•equestrians

•farmers

•field hands

•field workers

•horsemen

•horses

•husbandmen

•knights

•lepers

•Order of the Garter

•Palestinian Christians

•riders

•Romanian Army

•saddle makers

•saddlers

•sheep

•shepherds

•soldiers

•Teutonic Knights

•Canada

•England (by Pope Benedict XIV)

•Ethiopia

•Georgia

•Germany

•Greece

•Lithuania

•Malta

•Portugal

•Cappadocia

•Catalonia

•Palestine

•Limburg, Germany, diocese of

•Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, eparchy of

•Amersfoort, Netherlands

•Appignano del Tronto, Italy

•Aragon, Spain

•Arcole, Italy

•Beirut, Lebanon

•Carpeneto, Italy

•Cerreto Grue, Alessandria, Italy

•Constantinople

•Ferrara, Italy

•Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

•Genoa, Italy

•Gozo, Malta

•Haldern, Germany

•Heide, Germany

•Hone, Italy

•Istanbul, Turkey

•Modica, Sicily, Italy

•Molsheim, France

•Moscow, Russia

•Nerola, Italy

•Ptuj, Slovenia

•Qormi, Malta

•Riano, Italy

•Senj, Croatia

•Venegono Superiore, Italy

•Venice, Italy

•Victoria, Gozo, Malta

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9y ago

It is believed that George was a member of the cavalry in the Roman army - a horse soldier.

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