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I wanted to post this in the original Café St George's thread, but I'm precluded from posting in it after it was moved to the "other place" and the content is more suited for Café discussion anyway.
Interesting fact: St. George isn't England's original patron saint. That honour falls to St Edmund, king of East Anglia in the 9th century who was brutally killed by marauding pagan worshiping Vikings in 870. St George was only declared as England's patron saint in the 14th century by the cult of the Knights of the Garter under the reign of Edward III.
St George is a mythical figure who certainly would have never set foot in England.
Edmund was a king in England who was killed defending his faith after refusing to convert to paganism.
If you're a true God fearing Englishman you wouldn't be celebrating the day of someone who probably didn't exist, but the day of a saint who was real and lived and died in England (20th November if you're interested).
St Edmund is also the patron saint of pandemics, which seems rather apt.
Interesting fact: St. George isn't England's original patron saint. That honour falls to St Edmund, king of East Anglia in the 9th century who was brutally killed by marauding pagan worshiping Vikings in 870. St George was only declared as England's patron saint in the 14th century by the cult of the Knights of the Garter under the reign of Edward III.
St George is a mythical figure who certainly would have never set foot in England.
Edmund was a king in England who was killed defending his faith after refusing to convert to paganism.
If you're a true God fearing Englishman you wouldn't be celebrating the day of someone who probably didn't exist, but the day of a saint who was real and lived and died in England (20th November if you're interested).
St Edmund is also the patron saint of pandemics, which seems rather apt.