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DESCRIPTION:Patron Saint of England\, Martyr\, 4th century — Commemoratio
 n\nFew saints have been as widely popular as the martyr named George\, a R
 oman soldier who suffered for the faith in the early fourth century.\nThe 
 circumstances of his martyrdom are obscure\, but we know that the Roman au
 thorities were worried by the number of soldiers who were secret Christian
 s and took harsh measures against them. The situation was all the more rem
 arkable because at that time soldiering was still one of the careers which
  the Church did not allow its members to follow — so that George was not
  baptized when he died. It was not unusual for people in his circumstances
  to delay baptism until they had retired from active service. But the Chur
 ch believed that\, by his martyrdom\, George had (if anything) a better ki
 nd of baptism\, because he shared in the suffering and death of Christ him
 self.\nIn later centuries\, as his cult spread westwards\, George became t
 he model of a perfect Christian warrior — just the sort of figure that a
 ppealed to medieval English kings when they placed their wars of conquest 
 under his protection. That is how St. George came to be invoked as the pat
 ron saint of England. But another and far more widespread tradition has se
 en him as the pattern of what it means to be a Christian in the world — 
 as an image of every Christian’s daily warfare against the forces of sin
 \, ignorance\, fear\, and injustice.
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SUMMARY:St George's Day
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