Saint George was born of Christian parents in the third century, and as a youth chose a soldier's life. The emperor Diocletian advanced him to the grade of tribune. When the emperor began to persecute the Christians, Saint George rebuked him and gave up his commission. Because of this he was tortured and finally beheaded.

Saint of: leprosy, skin diseases, syphilis, agricultural workers, Boy Scouts, equestrians, field workers, Canada, England, Germany, Greece, Lithuiania, Palestine, Portugual .