St George is the patron saint of England ... And instead of being a knight, he was a Roman soldier, at the time of Emperor Diocletian in the 4th century. And this was when the real story began.

Very little is known about the real St George. He is thought to have been ... of soldier and became part of the retinue of the Emperor Diocletian. The emperor ordered the systematic persecution ...

Once a soldier in the Roman army, he rose up the ranks to become a member of the Praetorian Guard for the Emperor Diocletian. However, the tale goes that St George was tortured and later executed ...

eventually becoming a personal guard to the Emperor Diocletian. He was executed for being a Christian on April 23, 303, and is buried in the town of Lod in Israel. St George is most widely known ...