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English: Saint George slaying the dragon. Statuette on top of one of the guild houses along Antwerp's Great Square.
Guild houses were houses where the board of a guild was housed. Saint George (ca. 275/281 – 23 April 303) was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Christian Churches. He is immortalized in the tale of Saint George and the Dragon. According to legend the town of Silene had a pond, where a plague-bearing dragon dwelled. To appease the dragon, the people of Silene fed it their children, chosen by lottery. It happened that the lot fell on the king's daughter. The daughter was sent out to the lake to be fed to the dragon. Saint George by chance rode past the lake. The dragon reared out of the lake while they were conversing. Saint George fortified himself with the Sign of the Cross, charged it on horseback with his lance and gave it a grievous wound. he then took the beast to Silene, saying that if the people consented to become Christians and be baptized, he would slay the dragon before them.Nederlands: St-Joris verslaat de draak. Standbeeld op een van de gildehuizen langsheen de Grote Markt te Antwerpen. Een gildehuis was het gebouw waar het bestuur van een gilde gehuisvest was en waar de leden hun bijeenkomsten hielden. Naar de huizen werd verwezen als 'in St-Joris' (Grote Markt 7).
Joris (Georgius) van Cappadocië (gestorven 23 april 303) is een martelaar en de meest vereerde heilige in de christelijke kerken. Sinds 1222 is hij patroon (beschermheilige) van Engeland (Engels: Saint George). Tevens is hij als Sant Jordi de beschermheilige van de Spaanse autonome regio Catalonië. De meeste mensen kennen hem beter als Sint-Joris met de draak. De stad Silene werd door een draak getiranniseerd. Dagelijks verslond hij twee schapen, die hem geofferd werden, zodat hij zich rustig zou houden. Toen de laatste schapen op deze manier verdwenen waren, eiste de draak mensenoffers. Hierbij viel het lot ook op de dochter van de koning. In bruidskleren trad zij haar dood tegemoet. Maar St. Joris viel de draak met een lans aan en verwondde het gedrocht. Hij beloofde de koning en het volk dat hij het ondier zou doden als iedereen zich door hem zou laten dopen. Toen koning en volk akkoord gingen doodde hij de draak. |
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