Happy St George’s Day – but he was not the character you might have thought

There is nothing more English than St George, right? And today we celebrate him and all things English.

St George might be hailed as a national hero, but he was actually born – in the 3rd century AD – more than 2,000 miles away in Cappadocia (modern day Turkey).

He is thought to have died in Lydda (modern day Israel) in the Roman province of Palestine in AD 303. It is believed that his tomb was in Lod and was a centre of Christian pilgrimage.

You can find nine things you didn’t know about St George here.

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