Who was St George?
The stories say that George was a
Knight of
Cappadocia around AD 300. One day he visited a town where the
people were terrified of a
that ate only human beings.
The
had been chosen as the dragon’s next meal, but
killed the dragon and saved her from a horrible end. He refused
to take any award, but asked the
to all
become Christians.
Why is he remembered?
English
heard about St George and so King
the Third made him England’s special saint. He’s also patron saint
of the Greek army.
Why should we know about him?
St George is the patron saint of
and his cross is on
the English flag. The cross of St George also makes up part of
the
‘Jack’ Flag which is _____’s flag.
Christian
knights
dragon
Edward
princess
England
George
Union
townspeople
flag