George Prayer Card with Pendant

St. George Prayer Card with Pendant
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This laminated holy card illustrates St. George on his horse, slaying the dragon. On the back is the following prayer:

St. George, heroic Catholic Soldier and defender of Your faith, you dared to criticize a tyrannical Emperor, and were subjected to horrible torture. You could have occupied a high military position, but you preferred to die for your Lord.

Good St. George, obtain for us the great grace of heroic Christian courage that should mark all soldiers of Christ.

The card comes with a pewter pendant of St. George.

St. George

Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 04/23
Tridentine Calendar - 04/23

Patron Of: Archers, Boy Scouts, Butchers, Cavalry, Chivalry, England, Farmers, Horses, Lepers, Plague, Skin Diseases, Soldiers

Profile
Soldier. Martyr. That's all we know for sure.

Several stories have been attached to Saint George, the best known of which is the Golden Legend. In it, a dragon lived in a lake near Silena, Libya. Whole armies had gone up against this fierce creature, and had gone down in painful defeat. The monster ate two sheep each day; when mutton was scarce, lots were drawn in local villages, and maidens were substituted for sheep. Into this country came Saint George. Hearing the story on a day when a princess was to be eaten, he crossed himself, rode to battle against the serpent, and killed it with a single blow with his lance. George then held forth with a magnificent sermon, and converted the locals. Given a large reward by the king, George distributed it to the poor, then rode away.

Due to his chivalrous behavior (protecting women, fighting evil, dependence on faith and might of arms, largesse to the poor), devotion to Saint George became popular in the Europe after the 10th century. In the 15th century his feast day was as popular and important as Christmas. Many of his areas of patronage have to do with life as a knight on horseback. The celebrated Knights of the Garter are actually Knights of the Order of Saint George. The shrine built for his relics at Lydda, Palestine was a popular point of pilgrimage for centuries. One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
Died
tortured and beheaded c.304 at Lydda, Palestine

All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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