St George (dc303), the Red Cross Knight, killing the Dragon. Perhaps Roman centurion beheaded near modern Tel Aviv. Patron saint of England, Catalonia, Genoa, Greece, Portugal, Russia, Venice, and of soldiers. Woodcut from 1598 edition of Edmund Spenser (c1552-1599) "The Faerie Queene".

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