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As a highly celebrated saint in both the Western and Eastern Christian churches Saint George is connected with a large number of patronages throughout the world and his iconography can be found on the flags and coats of arms of a number of cities and countries.

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birth place
Roman Empire, Nicomedia, Bithynia
death date
0303-04-23
death place
Roman Empire, Lod, Syria Palaestina
major shrine
Lod, Church of Saint George Lod
title
Martyr
venerated in
Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodox Church, Lutheranism, Oriental Orthodoxy, Catholic Church

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