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Most of the derived usage is from the flag of England. That article has illustrations of its derivations particularly across Canada, eastern Australia, the Caribbean and the Channel Islands apart from Jersey since Guernsey commonly used the English flag from 1936 (then moved to its present variant in
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There was a historiographical tradition claiming that Richard the Lionheart himself adopted both the flag and the patron saint from Genoa at some point during his crusade. This idea can be traced to the Victorian era, Perrin (1922) refers to it as a "common belief", and it is still popularly repeated
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is mentioned in the Genovese annals for the year 1198, referring to a red flag with a depiction of St George and the dragon. An illumination of this flag is shown in the annals for the year 1227. The Genoese flag with the red cross was used alongside this "George's flag", from at least 1218, and was
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The St. George's flag, a red cross on a white field, was adopted by England and the City of London in 1190 for their ships entering the Mediterranean to benefit from the protection of the Genoese fleet. The English Monarch paid an annual tribute to the Doge of Genoa for this
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on 28 June 1098 from a great army on white horses, clothed in white and bearing white banners, led by St George, St Demetrius, and St Mercurius. However, there was no association of the red cross with St George before the end of the crusades.
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The red cross was introduced to England by the late 13th century, but not as a flag, and not at the time associated with Saint George. It was worn by English soldiers as an identification from the early years of the reign of
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The cross ceased to be a symbol directly associated with the "taking of the cross", the resolve to fight in a crusade, after the failure of the crusades in the 14th century. With the development of systematic
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During the 2010 World Cup, UK Prime Minister David Cameron told Parliament that the flag would fly above his official residence at "no extra cost to the tax payer" while England played in the contest.
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The flag of St George has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity since the late 20th century, partly due to football-inspired nationalism, and also in response to the devolution movements in
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may fly the Saint George's Cross (unless another flag is flown by custom for special reasons). The correct way for the church to fly the Saint George's cross (since an order from the
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Early representations of Saint George as a crusader knight with bearing a red-on-white cross still date to the late 13th century, and become widespread as the saint's
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E.g., Bibliothèque municipale de Valenciennes ms. 838, a martyrology dated to the last quarter of the 13th century, depicting St George in miniature on fol. 78v. (
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Some British Commonwealth countries used the St. George's Cross on their naval ensigns, including the Bahamas, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, South Africa.
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are derived from the Four Moors flag, also known as the "Cross of Alcoraz". This consists of a red cross of Saint George on a white background with a
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that was an ancient symbol of Lombard nobility. It is also attested, in this older version, in a diplomatic letter dated 1155. See also:
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The naval ensigns of the Bahamas, Jamaica, Latvia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, South Africa, and Ukraine incorporates St. George's Crosses.
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Saint George was depicted as a crusader knight during this time, but the red cross had no particular association with him. A
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used it in his European campaigns of the 1250s after he had returned from the crusades. It continued to be used as the
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rose to the position of "patron saint of England" in a process beginning in 1348 with the foundation of the
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had placed himself under his protection. According to legend, the crusaders received miraculous help at the
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in 1552. From 1348 and throughout the 15th century, the Saint George's Cross was shown in the hoist of the
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shows Saint George wearing a white cross on a red surcoat. The white-on-red version was chosen as the
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1985), however the illustrations below have an extremely complex or nil derivation from that flag.
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observed that the king had taken from him the idea of having his soldiers marked with a cross).
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Depicted on the trumpet banner of the Angel from the Judgement card in the Tarot Deck.
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The Indian naval flag used to feature a St. George Cross until it was removed in 2022
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on 14 January 2004. It was formally endorsed by a presidential decree signed by
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The naval jack of Italy contains a St. George's Cross on the second quarter.
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is the patron saint of the nation of Georgia, and the Saint George flag was
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in the canton. The sword is believed to represent the sword that beheaded
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and culminating with the abolition of all saint's banners except for the
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in 1348, and also took to using a red-on-white cross in the hoist of his
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in 1045, Ambrose having been a late 4th-century bishop of that city.
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On the origins of the flag and its connection to the Genoese flag,
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touching the edges of the field (not necessarily red on white).
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when used alongside symbols for Scotland or Ireland; so in the
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in 1928 to be a "red St George's cross with triangular arms".
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today even though it cannot be substantiated as historical.
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Saint George as a crusader knight, miniature from a ms. of
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The naval ensign of Ukraine contains a St. George's Cross.
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Official site of Commune of Milan. Historical background
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combines the cross of Saint George, the patron saint of
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used the Saint George flag during her campaign against
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The flag of Saint George is also the rank flag of an
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Proposed flag of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia
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Saint George is the patron saint of 4690: 1786: 884:. The flag was finally adopted by the 301:in particular was associated with the 80:on a white background, which from the 23:. For the Glasgow subway station, see 2987: 1933: 1760: 1747: 1691:St George's Hospital (disambiguation) 1671:St. George's College (disambiguation) 1535: 1427: 769:who is the patron saint of the city. 4639:List of tallest crosses in the world 1959: 1676:St. George's School (disambiguation) 1455:, retrieved 12 August 2010. Swedish. 1403:"La bandera de Barcelona, 1991-2005" 1318: 673:flags of the Commonwealth of England 1681:St George's Church (disambiguation) 1389:Sketches of Georgian Church History 1362: 1343:McCarthy, Michael (23 April 2010). 1325:Church of England - Use of the flag 317:, respectively. 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