 The odious stranger, disguising every circumstance of time and place, assumed the mask of a martyr, a saint, and a Christian hero ; and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed into the renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms,...  Curious Myths of the Middle Ages - Pagina 225door Sabine Baring-Gould - 1889 - 272 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1846 - 426 pagina’s
...In this he alludes to a legend of St. George having overcome a magician. He concludes with saying, " The infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed...the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter;" adding in a note, " This transformation is not given as absolutely certain, but as extremely probable:"... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1846 - 412 pagina’s
...In this he alludes to a legend of St. George having overcome a magician. He concludes with saying, " The infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed...the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter;" adding in a note, " This transformation is not given as absolutely certain, but as extremely probable:"... | |
 | Scrutator (pseud) - 1847 - 336 pagina’s
...into the Sea. It belongs to those who study Church history to explain how this swindler and cutthroat has been transformed into the renowned St. George...the patron of arms, of Chivalry, and of the garter !"—Campbell. Formerly the Public Journalists when they announced an Investiture of a Chivalrous Knight,... | |
 | Joseph Leech - 1850 - 284 pagina’s
...seeming aversion of their sectarians introduced his worship into the bosom of the Catholic Church. The odious stranger, disguising every circumstance...the renowned St. George of England, the patron of England and of the Garter."—Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. iii., chap. 23. The dragon's... | |
 | Joseph Reeve - 1851 - 642 pagina’s
...that honor on George, the Arian bishop of Alexandria. " The infamous George of Cappadocia," says he, " has been transformed into the renowned St. George...the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter." He dares not say by whom this wonderful transformation has been made. It is, in fact, a forgery of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 504 pagina’s
...torn. viii. p. 517, in 4to.) have in like manner utturped the honours of catholic saints and martyrs. stranger, disguising every circumstance of time and...the mask of a martyr, a saint, and a Christian hero; 124 ftnd and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been trans- J^ formed 125 into the renowned St.... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1856 - 682 pagina’s
...seeming conversion of those sectaries introduced his worship into the bosom of the Catholic church. The odious stranger, disguising every circumstance of time and place, assumed the rank of a martyr, a saint, and a Christian hero; and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1856 - 526 pagina’s
...seeming conversion of those sectaries introduced his worship into the bosom of the Catholic church. The odious stranger, disguising every circumstance of time and place, assumed the rank of a martyr, a saint, and a Christian hero; and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1857 - 668 pagina’s
...that he was publicl¿ra¿sinated, in the sixth year of Ins episcopacy, (361.) He has been erroneously transformed into the renowned St. George of England,...the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the Garter. GEORGE, surnamed AInIA, alearned Maronite, who went to Rome in the pontificate of Clement VIII. and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1862 - 456 pagina’s
...MARTYRES appellantur. Ammian. xxii. 11. Epiphanius provea to the Arians that George was not a martyr. stranger, disguising every circumstance of time and...the mask of a martyr, a saint, and a Christian hero; 124 wA and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been trans- ^""St 6 * 1 formed 125 into the renowned... | |
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