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Incidentally, St. George is also the patron saint of Ferrara.
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:56:32 EDT
Susan Hoyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> In a message dated 19/04/2006 04:30:51 GMT Daylight Time,
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> writes:
> <<Briefly, she says no one's quite sure when and why St. George
> came to
> be patron of England. Edward I (reigned 1272-1307) seems to have
> been
> the instigator of the practice of displaying St. George's banner
> alongside those of the native patrons St. Edmund and St. Edward the
>
> Confessor. By the time of Edward III (reigned 1327-77) royal
>devotion
> to St. George really came to the fore.>>
>
> That may be true -- I am no expert -- but Hardham Church in Sussex
>has some
> stunning wall-paintings dated to some time not long after 1100 which
>feature,
> amongst much else, St George. There is a delightful article from
>1901 at
> _http://www.sussexchurches.co.uk/hardham.htm_
> (http://www.sussexchurches.co.uk/hardham.htm) which is obviously
>out-of-date, but it gives a flavour.
>
> Susan
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