圣乔治--英格兰的守护神

 圣乔治--英格兰的守护神

Paul King

每个国家都有自己的 "守护神",在重大危险的时候,他们会被要求帮助国家摆脱敌人。 圣大卫是威尔士的守护神,苏格兰的圣安德鲁和爱尔兰的圣帕特里克,圣乔治是英格兰的守护神。

但圣乔治是谁,他做了什么才能成为英格兰的守护神?

人们对圣乔治的生活知之甚少,但人们认为他是罗马军队中的一名高级军官,在公元303年左右被杀。

似乎戴克里先皇帝曾对圣乔治施以酷刑,让他否认对基督的信仰。 然而,尽管有一些即使在当时也是最可怕的酷刑,圣乔治还是表现出令人难以置信的勇气和信仰,最后在巴勒斯坦的利达附近被斩首。 他的头颅后来被带到罗马,被埋葬在专门为他建造的教堂里。

他的力量和勇气的故事很快就传遍了整个欧洲。 关于圣乔治最著名的故事是他与龙的战斗,但他极不可能与龙战斗过,更不可能访问过英国,然而他的名字早在八世纪就在那里被人所知。

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在中世纪,龙通常被用来代表魔鬼。 不幸的是,与圣乔治的名字有关的许多传说都是虚构的,杀死 "龙 "的事第一次被认为是在12世纪。

据说,圣乔治在伯克郡乌芬顿的平顶龙山上杀死了一条龙,据说龙血淌下的地方寸草不生!"!

然而,可能是12世纪的十字军首次引用他的名字作为战斗的辅助手段。

阿金库尔战役--佩戴圣乔治十字架的英国骑士和弓箭手。

国王爱德华三世在1350年以圣乔治的名义成立了骑士团,使他成为英格兰的守护神,而国王亨利五世在法国北部的阿金库尔战役中进一步推进了对圣人的崇拜。

莎士比亚确保没有人会忘记圣乔治,并让国王亨利五世在战前讲话中用著名的一句话来结束:"为哈里、英格兰和圣乔治哭泣吧!

亨利国王本人既好战又虔诚,他的追随者认为他拥有圣人的许多特征。

圣乔治之墓,以色列罗德

See_also: 多切斯特

在英国,4月23日是圣乔治节,他的旗帜也在这一天飘扬。

一个有趣的小故事--莎士比亚出生于1564年的圣乔治日或前后,如果故事可信的话,他死于1616年的圣乔治日。

对于这位帮助圣徒在英国传统中永垂不朽的人来说,这也许是一个恰当的结局。

还有一件有趣的小事--300多年来,英格兰的守护神实际上是一个英国人,即东安格利亚的盎格鲁-撒克逊国王圣埃德蒙,或称埃德蒙烈士。 埃德蒙与威塞克斯的阿尔弗雷德国王并肩作战,对抗异教徒维京人和北欧人的入侵者,直到869/70年他的部队被打败。 埃德蒙被俘,被命令放弃信仰,并与其他国家分享权力。埃德蒙被绑在树上,被维京人的弓箭手当作靶子练习,然后被斩首。

圣埃德蒙日仍然在11月20日庆祝,特别是萨福克的善良的东安格利亚人(Angles)"南方人"。

Paul King

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