tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26927801.post2048716326388499448..comments2024-02-20T08:06:31.639+00:00Comments on The man with the mop: Saint George the internationalistn0rma1http://www.blogger.com/profile/04759839214467484759noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26927801.post-72952243761033961132013-04-23T12:14:54.824+01:002013-04-23T12:14:54.824+01:00St George is also the patron saint, unsurprisingly...St George is also the patron saint, unsurprisingly, of Georgia (in the former USSR not USA), and more surprisingly of the city of Moscow.<br><br />And also of Egypt, Bulgaria, Aragon, Catalonia, Romania, Ethiopia, Greece, India, Iraq, Israel, Lithuania, Portugal, Serbia, Ukraine and Russia, as well as the cities of Genoa, Amersfoort, Beirut, Botoşani, Drobeta Turnu-Severin, Timişoara, Fakiha, Bteghrine, Cáceres, Ferrara, Freiburg im Breisgau, Kragujevac, Kumanovo, Lebanon, Ljubljana, Pérouges, Pomorie, Preston, Qormi, Rio de Janeiro, Lod, Lviv, Barcelona and Victoria, as well as of the Scout Movement.<br><br />Pretty hard work, if you ask me.<br />John Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598546787672024354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26927801.post-55000383138804889072013-04-23T10:16:09.951+01:002013-04-23T10:16:09.951+01:00Thanks Nathan. If you like surprising (and ironic)...Thanks Nathan. If you like surprising (and ironic) info about famous patron saints, check out my post about St Valentine! http://man-with-the-mop.blogspot.co.uk/2008/02/happy-celibate-martyrs-day.htmln0rma1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04759839214467484759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26927801.post-59904304167105782622013-04-23T10:10:01.141+01:002013-04-23T10:10:01.141+01:00Brilliant!! Good to know these things!!Brilliant!! Good to know these things!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315936062338985267noreply@blogger.com