medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Saturday, April 22, 2006, at 10:34 pm, Phyllis wrote:
> Today (23. April) is the feast day of:
>
> George (d. c. 303) As we've been hearing lately, a very popular
> saint. Although he probably never fought a dragon, George appears
> to
> have been a genuine martyr, killed at Lydda (modern Lod, Israel).
> His acta add that G. was a Roman army officer, was killed and
> resurrected no fewer than three times, fire from heaven destroyed
> the
> local governor after he had G. beheaded, etc.
For those who have not already had enough of G., David Woods' page on
him includes several translated texts from this saint's hagiographic
dossier as well as various images of him, a select bibliography, and a
link to an abbreviated, English-language translation of the
seventh-century Life of the recently celebrated Theodore of Sykeon:
http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/George.html
Best,
John Dillon
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