Saint George wasn’t English and never visited England
Saint George’s Day is celebrated in Great Britain, but also in many other countries. Saint George is always hailed to be a National Symbol for England and the English People, and he is represented
as the English Flag with the red cross and white background, but how is this the case when he was actually born over 1,500 miles away in Cappadocia in Turkey?
So why is Saint George the Patron Saint to England?
In the Greek Hagiography, which were the writings of the lives of Saints. Saint George became one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and is celebrated on the 23rd April, every 12 months. Historically, Saint George is the Patron Saint of England, Portugal, Catalonia in Spain, the Maltese Republic, Bosnia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, and Moscow. Additionally, Palestine, Greece and Lithuania, have claimed Saint George as their Patron Saint, Therefore, Saint George is not just the Patron Saint of England. The Church of Saint George at Lydda, in the Central District of Israel, stores a Christian Coffin which is spiritually believed to contain the skeletal remains of Saint George.
St Georges Day Celebration in England
The festivities of Saint Georges Day took on less significance when England unified with Scotland in 1707, to establish the United Kingdom of Great Britain. This is why Saint George’s Day is no longer marked as a National Holiday in the United Kingdom. Such changes were brought into actuality with the Acts Of Union, that were the Acts of Parliament, comprised of the Union Scotland Act in 1706, which the Houses of Parliament in Westminster effectively passed, and the Union With the England Act in 1707, that was passed by the Parliament Of Scotland in Edinburgh. Both the Acts Of Union put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union which had been agreed on the 22nd July 1706. On the 16th January 1707 the Acts Of Union were given Royal Assent by King William The Third, and on the 1st May 1707 the Acts Of Union
effectively commenced.
Why do we not celebrate Saint Edmund’s Day ?
Although we have accepted that Saint George is the Patron Saint of England. Should we not instead be raising the White Dragon Flag of the Anglo-Saxon King Saint Edmund on November 20th? Because its actually Saint Edmund who succeeded to the Mercian Throne of Anglo-Saxon East Anglia in 856 AD. Brought up as a Roman Catholic Christian, he fought alongside King Alfred Cerdic, against the Viking Pagans and Norse Pagans of the Viking Great Army. He was then defeated and King Edmund, was captured by the Vikings. He was ordered to renounce his Christian Faith and share rulership with the Viking Pagans and Norse Pagans, but he refused. King Edmund of East Anglia and Edmund The Martyr, was the East Anglian King who became the initial Patron Saint of England, when he was executed in 869 AD by the Great Heathen Army, that was also known as the Viking Great Army. Therefore, should the White Dragon Flag of the East Anglian King called Saint Edmund be honoured every 12 months on the 20th November? Should there be a Saint Edmund’s Day in England?
