George
George is included in Islamic texts as a prophetic figure who lived among believers in direct contact with the last apostles of Jesus. He is described as a rich merchant who opposed the erection of Apollo's statue by King Dadan of Mosul and was tortured, imprisoned, and aided by angels. According to Muslim legend, he was martyred under Diocletian and killed three times but resurrected each time, performing miracles including resurrecting the dead, making trees sprout, turning dry wood green with fruits and vegetables, and causing darkness to cover the world until his resurrection.
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When
- First attested
- 200 CE
- Attested period
- 200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Martyred under Diocletian; lived in times of disciples of Jesus; Islamic scholars sought historical connection due to his popularity.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Francis of Assisi, Benedict of Nursia, Nicholas of Myra, Luke the Evangelist, Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great, Genesius, Maturinus, Bernardino of Siena, Joseph of Cupertino, Gabriel the Archangel, René Goupil, John Bosco, Helen of Constantinople, Ursula, Bernward of Hildesheim, Adrian of Nicomedia, John the Evangelist, Barbara, Philip Neri, Eligius, Dominic, Christopher, St Hyacinth, Francis de Sales, Our Lady of Loreto, Thérèse of Lisieux, Jerome, Scholastica, Clare of Assisi, Patrick, Kateri, Hildegard of Bingen, Ignatius of Loyola, John Baptist de la Salle, Marcellin Champagnat, Rose of Lima, Ferdinand III, Bede, James (son of Zebedee), Anastasia of Sirmium, Fiacre, Bernard of Vienne, Botolph, Isidore the Farmer, Notburga, Phocas the Gardener, Theobald of Provins, Walstan, Medard, Eustace, Benno, Our Lady of Salambao, Peter the Apostle, Zeno of Verona, Magnus of Avignon, Bona of Pisa, Dorothea of Caesarea, Honorius of Amiens, John Gualbert, Anastasius the Fuller, Joseph of Arimathea, Hubert of Liège, Mary Magdalene, Brigid of Ireland, Severus of Avranches, Isidore of Seville, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Basil the Great, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Camillus of Lellis, John of God, archangel Michael, Florian, Martin of Tours, Michael, Gotthard of Hildesheim, Wenceslaus, Saint Primitivus, Saint Constantius, Saint Auratianus, Melchior Grodziecki, Clement of Rome, Hippolytus of Rome, John of Nepomuk, Paulina of Rome, Pope Pius V, Saint Ligorius, Procopius of Sázava, Thomas the Apostle, Matthew, Lawrence, Sebastian, Lucy, Virgin of Candelaria, Andrew the Apostle, Paul the Apostle, Jude, John the Baptist, Paul, Bartholomew, Peter, Vitus
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Sources
Source passages
“George (Arabic: جرجس, Jirjis or Girgus) is included in some Muslim texts as a prophetic figure. The Islamic sources state that he lived among a group of believers who were in direct contact with the last apostles of Jesus.”
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“Horsemen - George”
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“The iconography of soldier-saints Theodore and George as cavalrymen develops in the early medieval period. Three equestrian saints, Demetrius, Theodore and George, are depicted in the "Zoodochos Pigi" chapel in central Macedonia in Greece”
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“Brušperk – George”
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