It is amazing how many people assume that because there is a legend about Saint George, he himself must be a purely legendary figure. He is not.
The Tomb of Saint George at
his birthplace, which is now known as Lod and which is the location of Israel's
principal airport, has become a shadow of its former self.
It was once a major focus
of unity between Christians and Muslims in devotion to the Patron Saint of
Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt before, and as much as, the Patron Saint of England.
Three
quarters of those who practised that devotion were violently expelled in 1948.
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