St. George was an early Christian martyr (flourished 3rd century) and a Roman soldier who is traditionally believed to have been tortured and decapitated under the emperor Diocletian’s persecution of Christians in 303. During the Middle Ages he became an ideal of martial valor and selflessness. The legend of him slaying a dragon is a famous theme in art.
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