St. George

[Otto]

"(...) a Saint George after the fact (...)" (24.14-15)

"There is nothing at all English about the origins of our patron saint. If a St George figure ever existed, he certainly never visited England, he never fought the dragon, and we have to share him as a patron with Portugal, as formerly with the Kingdom of Aragon and the Republic of Genoa. His origins, both in fact and fiction, remain obscure."

St George and England, by Adam Fox 
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/artsandhumanities/story/0,12241,941279,00.html
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