The Real St George and the Dragon

Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT by History Hit

Jul 16, 202630:17Society & Culture

He wasn't an English knight, but actually a Roman soldier, and the dragon didn't appear until centuries later in the medieval period. So what is the origin of the Saint George and the Dragon myth? And why do so many coun...

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