Saint George

Christian saint and martyr (died 303)

7 dated entries naming Saint George, drawn from 7 separate years between 275 CE and 1427 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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3rd century

275Approximate date – Saint George of Lydda, Cappadocian Greek Roman soldier and Christian martyr (k. 303)source
280Approximate date – Saint George, Cappadocian Greek-born Roman soldier and Christian martyrsource

4th century

303April 23 – George of Lydda, Roman soldier and martyrsource

5th century

494Gelasius I canonizes Saint George.source

6th century

565The Madaba Map is made in the Byzantine church of Saint George. The floor mosaic contains the depiction of the Holy Land (approximate date).source

12th century

1191May 12 – Richard I marries the 19-year-old Berengaria of Navarre, daughter of King Sancho VI (the Wise), in the Chapel of St. George at Limassol. On the same day, she is crowned Queen of England, by John, bishop of Évreux in the presence of the archbishop of Bordeaux and many other clergy. After this, hearing that the daughter of Isaac Komnenos has taken refuge in Kyrenia Castle, Richard goes there with his army and receives her submission. On the orders of Richard, she is entrusted to the care of Joan and Berengaria. By the end of May, Richard, with his ships, sails around the island seizing all the Cypriot towns and ports on the coast.source

15th century

1427The Celebration of Sant Jordi (Saint George) begins in Catalonia (he will later become its patron saint).source