Ricardo Diaz de Rabago and Verdeguer
Last year I wrote in our magazine-festival program on St. George. And to do it with rigor seriously tried to expose the "affair of the existence of St. George», an issue that arose in 1961. It was the first thing we must make clear once, forever.
Déiem, finishing writing: "Corresponds already cemented, on this firm foundation, the great figure ' (St. George). And concluding: "We overflows and so much greatness. Leave it to other writings ".
continue, so, other writings. And we will do a written record of some data "so many greatness", one of them is its universality.
To begin with all forcefulness to affirm the universality of a fact is a fact of first magnitude, of capital importance in the facts and events in human history.
If we take as our Patron Saint George we know its importance, and in this case its impressive universality. A fact that has no other saint in history.
Let's start with saying indelible letters: Within the world of Christianity is St. George's character, after Jesus and the Virgin Mary, that churches, chapels, hermitages, shrines, monasteries…, the world has.
This is the most holy pictures, paintings, sculptures, monuments, recorded, icons…. has in the world of art.
wrote: "Never any historical nor legendary character is imbued with its spirit many areas of people's lives as St. George. Believers will render worship in churches numerosísimos; many communities revere as skipper; and his name and his image is everywhere. this usually, which is not very, justifies the holy martyr and historical exempt checks, unfortunately, we can not do. "This is true, everything is verifiable.
After these serious allegations made by so Sayrach Narcissus and cypress Fatjó, us to, and a button showing, provide some information on where and for no apparent no other conclusion.
"Europe is full of churches dedicated to St. George. Their number is very high, there are thousands ". The date is impressive.
In Germany there are dioceses that exceed the fifty churches each dedicated to a martyr of Cappadocia. Also abundant are the dioceses of Augsburg and Salzburg. Bavaria is one of the most German regions jordianes. Munic, Dikensbul, Tubingen, Liburg…, jordians sites.
In Slovenia there are more than eighty churches dedicated to who they call or Sentjur Sveti Jurif or even Jurj'evo. Sweden. Yugoslavia…
In Italy there are hundreds of churches dedicated to St. George. There are some places you must visit if any good bath travels to these Italian cities: in Rome, the Basilica of San Gorgio in Velabro; Venice Island, basílica the monestir de San Giorgio Maggiore. Up above her campanille offers a unique panoramic view of Venice; a Ferrara, its Romanesque cathedral dedicated to Saint George. In Padua, when they visit the Basilica of St. Anthony, Baths any good son should not forget to visit the Oratory of St. George, a joy for the eyes of his murals; the neoclassical church in Verona; anomenda the church of San Giorgio Palazzo in Milan; Sicily, Ragusa…
Prague, the monumental monastery and basilica with Baroque facade romanogòtica dedicated to Saint George. The Reggio Bohemia….
The devotion to the English St. George was closely linked to its history. The fact that its national flag be the same as that of St. George and the shield of the capital, London, either as the shield of St., are quite eloquent.
France, mentioned Hanvoile, Angers, Augeous i Mans, Lyon, Forest-ville cher, Aveyron, Mousy… and many churches worship in St. George.
Netherlands, the cult of St. George is also well known. Only the beautiful chapel named, Belgium, his palace.
In Austria and Tyrol, make countless monuments and buildings with the image of St. George.
Europe continued to be very long. Russia, the Eastern European countries. This is not the place. Even say that, Russia in Central Europe, the cult of Saint George knows the same popularity in other European countries. A tributary of the Danube in the heart of Europe has called Arm of St. George. A land of Caucasus, St. George is known for Xaliani.
It deserves special mention the Christian East. St. George is the patron of the Church of the East Middle. St. George is the orthodox megalomàrtir, the greatest of all. While East is a land of St. George. In few places is kept alive so the devotion to the saint. Struck by one pilgrim in Bethlehem when the number of icons in St. George, Basilica of the Nativity and the facades of houses, awesome! The testimony of Father Augustine, Franciscan Holy Land, sums up the vitality of worship worldwide East: "After God, these good people do not see anything great and worthy of his devotion to St. George, martyr ".
We do not speak of America, l'Ethiopia, Egipat up, Australia…
Note another fact of its universality: many peoples and nations have the pattern for. The saint has made many towns along the way, and the long and famous history justifies him and collective human groups held: • its presence. Cappadocia, Cons-tantinoble, Greece, England. Former states in Germany today -Hanno-ver, Saxony, Bavaria-. Bohemia and Serbia. Austria, Tirol. Portugal.
"Russia has always been for skipper. now, after the collapse of communism, again appear in the shield of the nation: St. George riding a dragon llancejant. Also has recovered capital, Moscow, the shield of the city, which is also patron. And Lithuania has never renounced the patronage of St. George. Poland is regarded as a protector of the independence and national identity. "
"In Georgia, nation closer to the land where he was born Sant Jordi, the impact must have caused was so, not only did the pattern, but that borrowed the name ", Georgia.
In our land is patron of Aragon, Catalonia, Mallorca, and Valencia was proclaimed patron 1343. St. George appears in the shield of the Government.
Sufficient. They spend the names and onomastics; extenuant. Numbers-ssísmes communities have wanted to be known by his name. All are considerable thickness and surprising. Without wishing to be exhautius, • we have made a selection and ilustrativa.
In Spain surprising that it is precisely Galicia, the land of Saint James, where there are more people San Jorge or San Xurxo. Scored chapels would be lengthy, churches, monuments..
"A Denmark, jordianes stocks are called Sanko or Sankt Jorgen George's. In Slovenia, There are plenty of towns and villages which are called Sentjur, Holy-George on St. George's Day. Italy is one of the places where the most abundant populations with the name of St. George. The list is very long; than sixty. France beats Italy in the number of towns that are named after Saint Georges. "
"If resseguéssim country by country, only in Europe, the list is endless. "We do not speak the Americas, Africa… Only a month note: The shield of St. George is the emblem and symbol 24 flags of the respective countries.
"Not only are the towns and cities that name, but this has served to baptize landforms around the earth. "Lakes, islands, rivers, mountains, peaks, tossals, golfs, narrow, bays.
We can now claim another strong: "The abundance of names jordiana reaffirmed the importance and universality of the figure of the saint".
But its universality is not limited to the Christian world. Islam is no exception. "The figure of the Green Knight is not dead in the hearts of believers, which recognize the universal image of St. George. The Turks under the name of honor Heldrelez. "" Most people of Asiatic Turkey, they are Muslims, no longer have a particular reverence for St. George, martyr. Consider a great friend of God and cabbage • loqui among the prophets, confused and even Elijah. The call also regularly Deze Letz Rozatel, in other words that is, Knight of gray horse. They both rely on the protection of St. George that when they go to Mecca on pilgrimage to the tomb of Muhammad, if they pass a church of St. George, there are still going to ask the help of the holy martyr. "And go no further, Alcoy, when the battle Christians face the "Moors" and its leader Al-Azraq, Muslims called the St. George as the great Hualien.
This exhibition closed because of the universality of St. George with two current annotations. Not everything is past history that lasts over time, is also present. Two significant events: first in the UN headquarters in New York: when all the countries met to decide which monument would be the main square of the UN headquarters, All agreed it had to be a monument to peace. I got a unanimous Sant Jordi lowering it a medieval dragon, rather a "dragon Today" causing our sweet time, barely, fears, death and destruction: arms, tanks, canons… St. George and lowering them.
The other fact, far from our land, cosmic dimension: l’any 1971, astronauts gave name to a crater of the moon Sant Jordi. Hui, a crater on the moon named after St. George.
QUESTIONS varied are talking about St. George: Euro-standard bread, Mr. St. George, the megalomàrtir; or do other poetic titles: European symphony, Eastern areas, Mediterranean harmony, • Lica Gal tonada, German fanfare, British cantata, albada boreal, Iberian Romance, universal melody….
And a world of serious hagiography, the iconography, art, the history, acts, archeology… on St. George.
A tremendous grandessa our pattern. without exaggeration, passionless, serenely, the biggest! This is not any other way. Open your eyes to reality is to let the water from vast ocean we completely inunde.
Hui, from the vantage point of our castle, Monument St. George, his figure, announces its universality around the world; a pattern that unites and honors.
Today we proclaim the pure cry, stronger, with strength and firmness: ¡Vitol our patron Saint George!, the most universal saint.
