Editing Saint George (section)

==Iconography==
[[File:Saint Georges (musée byzantin et chrétien, Athènes) (30604158222).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Byzantine]] icon of George, [[Athens]], Greece]]

George is most commonly depicted in early icons, [[mosaic]]s, and [[fresco]]s wearing armour contemporary with the depiction, executed in gilding and silver colour, intended to identify him as a [[Roman army|Roman soldier]]. Particularly after the [[Fall of Constantinople]] and George's association with the [[crusades]], he is often portrayed mounted upon a [[White horse (mythology)|white horse]]. Thus, a 2003 Vatican stamp (issued on the anniversary of the Saint's death) depicts an armoured George atop a white horse, killing the dragon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/Services/Philatelic_and_Numismatic_Office/_listing_emissioni--id--Shop%20Francobolli--cat--2003.htm |title=Vatican stamps |publisher=Vaticanstate.va |access-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001194032/http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/Services/Philatelic_and_Numismatic_Office/_listing_emissioni--id--Shop%20Francobolli--cat--2003.htm |archive-date=1 October 2011 }}</ref>

Eastern Orthodox iconography also permits George to ride a black horse, as in a Russian icon in the British museum collection.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/russian_icons/catalogue_of_russian_icons/the_british_museum_collection/british_museum_collection_2.aspx| title = Bobrov, Yury. "A catalogue of the Russian icons in the British Museum", The British Museum}}</ref>
In the south Lebanese village of [[Mieh Mieh]], the Saint George Church for Melkite Catholics commissioned for its 75th jubilee in 2012 (under the guidance of Mgr Sassine Gregoire) the only icons in the world portraying the whole life of George, as well as the scenes of his torture and martyrdom (drawn in eastern iconographic style).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://noursat.tv/ar/news-details.php?id=2996|title=احتفالات بمناسبة اليوبيل الماسي لبناء كنيسة مار جاورجيوس – المية ومية|website=Noursat|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

George may also be portrayed with [[Saint Demetrius]], another early [[soldier saint]]. When the two saintly warriors are together and mounted upon horses, they may resemble earthly manifestations of the archangels [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]] and [[Gabriel]]. Eastern traditions distinguish the two as George rides a white horse and Demetrius a red horse (the red [[pigment]] may appear black if it has bituminised). George can also be identified by his spearing a dragon, whereas Demetrius may be spearing a human figure, representing [[Maximian]].

===Gallery===
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;Eastern
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File:Novgorod George.jpg|Main icon of [[Yuriev Monastery]] in Novgorod, Russia ({{Circa|1130}})
File:Tetarteron sb1975.jpg|[[Tetarteron]] of [[Manuel I Komnenos]], showing a bust of George (12th century)
File:Святой Георгий Победоносец, фреска 12 века, Старая Ладога.jpg|A depiction of Saint George in [[St. George's Church, Staraya Ladoga|a church dedicated to him]] at Staraya Ladoga Fortress in [[Staraya Ladoga]] (12th century)
File:Ανάγλυφη εικόνα Αγίου Γεώργιου από την Καστοριά. Βυζαντινό Μουσείο Αθηνών. Τέλη 13ου αιώνα.jpg|[[Relief]] icon from [[Kastoria]], now located at the [[Byzantine Museum]], Athens, Greece (late 13th century)
File:Ѓорѓи од Старо Нагоричане.jpg|Saint George depicted on an icon part of an [[iconostasis]] in the [[Church of St. George, Staro Nagoričane]], North Macedonia (14th century)
File:StGeorge-RussianMuseum.jpg|Saint George and the Dragon, [[Russian icon]] (15th century)
File:LifeofStGeorge.JPG|Scenes from the life of George, [[Kremikovtsi Monastery]], Bulgaria (15th century)
File:St.George rescuing the emperor's daughter.JPG|A plaque, on which is represented George rescuing the emperor's daughter (15th century)
File:Saint George Great Martyr.jpg|Greek Orthodox icon in the [[Greek Orthodox Church and Museum, Miskolc]] ({{Circa|1770}})
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De slag bij Adua TMnr 5956-2.jpg|"[[Ethiopian Empire]] forces, assisted by St George (top), win the [[Battle of Adwa]] against [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]. Painted 1965–75."
File:Saintgeorge.jpg|Contemporary Eastern Orthodox icon of Saint George (21st century)
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;Western
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File:Saint George Knight in Vies de Saints Manuscrit 588 f. 113 c1290-1310.jpg|George as a knight, miniature from a ms. of ''Vies de Saints'', {{Circa|1290}}–1310 (Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Manuscrit 588)
File:St George BNF Fr 241 101v.jpg|Miniature of George and the Dragon, ms. of the ''[[Legenda Aurea]]'', dated 1348 (BNF Français 241, fol. 101v.)
File:St George Royal19BXVII 109.jpg|Miniature of George and the Dragon, ms. of the'' Legenda Aurea'', Paris, 1382 (BL Royal 19 B XVII, f. 109).
File:1480 Setzschild mit Heiligem Georg anagoria.JPG|George on a small pavise (Nuremberg, {{Circa|1480|lk=no}})
File:Tübingen - Stiftskirche Sankt Georg 52329.jpg|George as a martyr: [[St. George's Collegiate Church, Tübingen|St. George's Collegiate Church]] in [[Tübingen]] (15th century)
File:Saint George - Carlo Crivelli.jpg|George by [[Carlo Crivelli]]
File:Saint Georg – Master of Sierentz.jpg|St.George by the [[Master of Sierentz]] (1440–1450)
File:Cathedral Fribourg vitrail Georg Michael Anna Maria 11.jpg|Stained-glass (by [[Józef Mehoffer|J. Mehoffer]]), [[Fribourg Cathedral]]
File:Cathedral Fribourg vitrail Anna Maria 03.jpg|Stained-glass (by [[Józef Mehoffer|J. Mehoffer]], [[Fribourg Cathedral]])
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