Year 4 - St. George

Teacher: Mr Josh Davis

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Andrea Everest, Mrs Lucy Marchant and Mrs Mel Byrne

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George was born in what is now modern-day Turkey, in approximately AD 280. He was raised as a Christian, and joined the Roman Army as a young man. He was tortured and then killed by the Emperor Diocletian, for refusing to renounce his Christian faith. In death, he became a martyr (someone who chooses to sacrifice their life or face pain and suffering instead of giving up something they hold sacred).

George’s emblem was a red cross on a white background. Legend has it that during the First Crusade to Jerusalem in 1098, St. George appeared as a vision to lead the Christian knights during a siege. (The Crusades were a series of religious wars, fought to gain or maintain control over Jerusalem and other Holy places.) About 100 years later, King Richard III fashioned his army’s uniform on the cross of St. George. Many soldiers often turned to St. George for protection.

St. George was canonised (declared a saint) in AD 494 by Pope Gelasius.