The story of the dragon is attached to George fairly late. It first appears in a prologue added in the 12th century to the ...

Despite being born in Cappadocia, Turkey and never actually setting foot on UK soil, St George is celebrated across England every April 23.

THE Lord Mayor of Chester has called for St George to return to fight a dragon ahead of a tournament for city schoolchildren next week.

I find it quite typical that, because April 23 is so close to Easter this year, we’ve moved the celebration of St George’s Day in our churches back to Monday, April 28.

The legend of George slaying a dragon and rescuing an innocent maiden from death is medieval. St George's Day is celebrated in England on 23 April, reputed to be the day of George's martyrdom in 303.

An image shared on X claims to show a statue of St. Michael the Archangel slaying a dragon outside the United Nations (UN) building. Verdict: Misleading The image shows St. George, not St. Michael.

He became England’s patron saint in 1415. Coincidentally, April 23 is also said to be Shakespeare's birthday - and the date he died. The Bard was well aware of the significance of the country’s patron ...

He’s even pictured slaying the dragon on the Russian coat of arms. The red cross of St George also appears on the ‘Union Jack’, or ‘Union Flag’ to give it its proper name. It combines ...

This is a sculpture of St. George slaying a dragon. The lore is that the villagers had to sacrifice somebody to this dragon every year. And then one year it became the princess of the town that ...

As Great Yarmouth is about to get a new arts trail, Tom Williams takes a look at two of the sculptures in St George’s Park.