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Jackpot! I found THE list of saints and angels, at saints.catholic.org! They have a FAQ too, that'll come in handy. There are many St Georges though, this will take time...
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Yes, it seems he's the patron saint for England and Catalonia.
Eine quote: "Pictures of St. George usually show him killing a dragon to rescue a beautiful lady. The dragon stands for wickedness. The lady stands for God's holy truth. St. George was a brave martyr who was victorious over the devil. He was a soldier in the army of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, and he was one of the Emperor's favorite soldiers.
Now Diocletian was a pagan and a bitter enemy to the Christians. He put to death every Christian he could find. George was a brave Christian, a real soldier of Christ. Without fear, he went to the Emperor and sternly scolded him for being so cruel. Then he gave up his position in the Roman army. For this he was tortured in many terrible ways and finally beheaded.
So boldly daring and so cheerful was St. George in declaring his Faith and in dying for it that Christians felt courage when they heard about it. Many songs and poems were written about this martyr. Soldiers, especially, have always been devoted to him."
So the paintings and statues have always been symbols for the struggle against evil, hmm. The seven death-sins fits nicely into the dragons inventory.
I wonder what his real name was, if he was roman. Jorge, Giorgios? I mean, the english habit of renaming people in the bible and general history can be confusing. I don't think there were many jews in the bible ages named Luke and Mark.
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If the 12th disciple was Ian, then who was Rufus (Chris Rock)?
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What a coincedence! I just downloaded the most famous standup-gigs FROM Carlin, a couple of days ago! "I don't have pet-peeves here, I have major psychotic fucking hatreds..." He's cool.
No, my good man, I meant in "Dogma". And yes, it says here in IMDB, Chris Rock is listed as Rufus the "13th" apostle. That was funny. "Wait, you knew Jesus Christ? -Knew him??? Shiet, that dude owes me five bucks!"
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�on Flux, "Thanatophobia"
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