St George's Day - April 23rd
The results of an English Heritage survey found that almost half the respondents believed St George was one of the mythical knights of King Arthur’s Round Table. 
In fact, he was a Roman army officer – which fewer than 20% of people knew! To follow are few other facts that maybe you didn’t know about St George!
.Although he’s the patron saint of England, St. George was actually born in Israel and probably never visited here.
.St George is also the patron saint on Canada, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, .Montenegro, Serbia and Catalonia as well as many charities and cities including Moscow.
.St. George was a worthy solider in the Roman army and earned himself a position of nobility.
.St. George was born in 270 AD, that’s over 1700 years ago. He died aged just 33.
.St George was given his sainthood because he refused to carry out the persecution of the Christians which was demanded of him by his leader in the Roman army, and was then tortured and killed himself.
.St George’s Day is celebrated in England on the 23rd April. This is said to be the date he died (or the date of his martyrdom).
.The banner of St George is a white flag with a red cross, and is used as the Flag of England. This call was used to encourage bravery before soldiers went into battle.
.Shakespeare was born and died on April 23rd, St George's Day.
In fact, he was a Roman army officer – which fewer than 20% of people knew! To follow are few other facts that maybe you didn’t know about St George!.Although he’s the patron saint of England, St. George was actually born in Israel and probably never visited here.
.St George is also the patron saint on Canada, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, .Montenegro, Serbia and Catalonia as well as many charities and cities including Moscow.
.St. George was a worthy solider in the Roman army and earned himself a position of nobility.
.St. George was born in 270 AD, that’s over 1700 years ago. He died aged just 33.
.St George was given his sainthood because he refused to carry out the persecution of the Christians which was demanded of him by his leader in the Roman army, and was then tortured and killed himself.
.St George’s Day is celebrated in England on the 23rd April. This is said to be the date he died (or the date of his martyrdom).
.The banner of St George is a white flag with a red cross, and is used as the Flag of England. This call was used to encourage bravery before soldiers went into battle.
.Shakespeare was born and died on April 23rd, St George's Day.
