medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
One of the things that happens in Greece is that images of the Thracian
Rider http://www.ancient-bulgaria.com/images/thracian_hero_2.jpg , which
you can find in various places, are re-christened as St. G.
The head of St. G was brought to Venice by Venetians, in the 15th c,
from the island Aigina. There is an enjoyable article by K. Setton
somewhere about going to S. Giorgio Maggiore & asking to see it, & the
monks hunting through assorted cupboards to find the reliquary.
DW
John Dillon wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Today (23. April) is the feast day of:
>
> 1) George of Lydda (??). We know nothing about the historical George. Lydda (also Diospolis; later also Georgioupolis) in Palestine is now Lod in Israel. G.'s cult seems to have arisen here at some time between the early fourth century and the early sixth. For an account of what's known or may safely be inferred about its origins and early history, see David Woods' piece here (one need not accept the suggestion that G. was originally the Arian bishop of Alexandria murdered by an anti-Christian mob in 361):
> http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/grgorig.html
> The section of Woods' _Military Martyrs_ site to which that page belongs is particularly useful for its translations of various Eastern sources. See:
> http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/George.html
>
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