He killed the dragon that, in Medieval stories, represented the devil. But more importantly than that, he helped Richard the Lionheart and his army win battles in the Crusades (or so Richard claimed). When the soldiers put George's flag on their shields, they were unstoppable! Ignoring the fact that Westerners lost ALL of the Crusades but the first one, we will accept his version of the story since we are visiting England. St. George's cross is now actually the flag of England proper, and part of the union flag that we know today!
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