You see him everywhere if you look. He’s in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser. A whole epic poem about a knight named Redcrosse—who is George.
He’s in old paintings. Usually riding a white horse, spear in hand, with a terrified princess in the background. Renaissance artists loved him. It’s a great action scene.
St George - Patron Saint of England - Wilderness England
Today, his cross is on the English passport. It’s on the roof of Westminster Abbey. It’s even on the uniform of the England football team. Every goal is a tiny tribute to George.
The Relic That Started a Cult
After his death, George’s body was buried in Lydda, Israel. Crusaders claimed to have found his head. They brought it back to Europe. Suddenly, everyone wanted a piece (literally).
Relics of Saint George appeared everywhere. A tooth here. A finger bone there. Doubtful? Absolutely. Believers didn’t care. They wanted protection and luck.
One of his most famous relics lives in a church in Rome. It’s a fragment of his skull. Tourists gawk at it. History gets weird.
