Born of noble Christian parents in Cappadocia, after the death of his father, George travelled with his mother to Palestine. He became a soldier and was later made a tribute, or colonel, in the army. He found the favor of the Emperor Diocletian, until he began to persecute Christians. Whereupon, George resigned his commission and rebuked the emperor. His defiance in the face of the emperor's bloody cause led him before a cruel judge. Imprisoned and tortured on a wheel, his conviction was only hardened. Hearing a voice from heaven saying, “Fear not, I am with thee,” he courageously met his end. Led through the streets of the city of Lydda, where the Acts of the Apostles tell St. Peter healed a man sick with the palsy, he was beheaded. This occurred in 303, and many pagans are said to have converted on account of the saint's fortitude. St. George is the patron of soldiers, England, and Catalonia; he is often depicted tilted against a dragon.
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