• Saint George Killing the Dragon, woodcut by Albrecht Dürer (1501/4). In a legend, Saint George—a soldier venerated in Christianity—defeats a dragon at Dragon Hill, Uffington.
  • When he enquired as to what going on, St. George was told about the dragon, and he decided to slay the beast. ... Slaying Myths: St George and the Dragon.
  • Icon of St. George slaying the Dragon, cloisonné enamel on gold (14.5x12 cm), Art Museum of Georgia, Tblisi.
  • The legend of Saint George and his epic battle with the dragon has captivated imaginations for centuries. But did this dragon slaying actually happen?
  • Her image in icons with St. George could have inspired the later symbolic imagery and the narrative of St. George slaying the dragon to save the princess.
  • Despite what one might expect, early veneration of St. George had nothing to do with the dragon-slaying legend.
  • "Carlo Crivelli's St. George Slaying the Dragon: Materiality, Facture, and Restoration" in Stephen J. Cambell (ed.). Ornament & Illusion: Carlo Crivelli of Venice.
  • Conversely, St George slaying the dragon, which was acquired in 1949 as a Sienese painting, is currently attributed by many scholars to Uccello.
  • The holy, glorious and right-victorious Great-martyr and Trophy-bearer George was a Christian Roman soldier killed under Diocletian at the beginning of the fourth century.
  • The story of a knight, a maiden, and a dragon has all the makings of a fairy tale, but of course the most famous dragon-slaying tale is the legend of St. George.