Saint George
His name is "George" in Latin and in Greek“ Γεώργιος”， The pronunciation is roughly "Geonosis", which means "farmer" in Greek.
He himself was a Greek, born into a noble military family in Palestine, and lived in the era of Diocletian after the end of the crisis in the third century. His family has been Christians for generations, and this is also true in his generation.
During the turmoil of the Roman Third Century Crisis (235-284), Christianity achieved great development by leveraging the people's desire for a peaceful life and providing effective shelter for the common people.
Emperor Diocletian, who ultimately quelled the war, initially had no intention of persecuting Christians like the Roman emperors before the war. But his son-in-law, also the Western Vice Emperor Galelius, repeatedly instigated him to put pressure on Christians.
In 302 AD, Diocletian finally signed a decree requiring Christian soldiers to leave the army. This will certainly create invisible pressure on Christians, whether they are soldiers or civilians.
George's father was a soldier born in Cappadocia, who died for Christianity at the age of fourteen. Not long after, his mother also left the world. Later, he joined the army with Roman Emperor Diocletian and became a centurion.
During this period, he once went out and did his most famous feat, which was slaughtering dragons in the Libyan region.
It is said that in a swamp near the city of Sirani in the Libyan region at that time, there was a dragon causing trouble. In order to prevent the dragon from harming people, local residents have to sacrifice two sheep to the dragon every day. If the number of sheep offered is insufficient, the locals will have to make human sacrifices instead.
When George arrived at the place, the daughter of the local chieftain was chosen as a sacrifice. The chieftain hoped that people would have a different choice, but no one agreed. Fortunately, George arrived in time and stabbed the dragon with his gun, killing it. The blood flowing out formed the shape of a cross, and the weak woman was saved as a result.
The woman later returned home smoothly, and George advised her whole family to be under the name of Christ, and they followed suit. After this incident, George's martial arts became greatly famous.
However, according to modern analysis, this "dragon" is probably an exaggerated description of the Nile crocodile in literature. As for the local people's request to sacrifice sheep or people to the clouds, it should be a matter led by the local polytheistic priests, which is essentially similar to the Ye old witch that Simon Leopard met who asked the local people to sacrifice women to Hebo.
Perhaps because the Earth King was also unable to shield such witchcraft powers, he also helped George with advertising after being placed under the name of Christ.
But the earliest record of this story can be found in Georgian literature from the 11th century, and it is likely that it was a story that later Christians brainstormed.
Although George was very brave, the ending was very tragic. He later became a general and his reputation spread to the emperor. The emperor demanded that he could become a provincial governor as long as he renounced his Christian faith and became a polytheist.
He swore to the death not to obey, and in order to encourage his faithful to stick to his faith, he even ran to the square and shouted in public, "The way of a foreign teacher is false. Only we are."