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  2. St. George's Basilica, Prague - Wikipedia

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    St. George's Basilica (Czech: Bazilika sv. Jiří) is the oldest surviving church building within Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic. The basilica was founded by Vratislaus I of Bohemia in 920. It is dedicated to Saint George. Primarily Romanesque in style, it is part of the collection of buildings that comprise the castle, the political ...

  3. St. George's Convent - Wikipedia

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    St. George's Convent (Czech: klášter svatého Jiří) was a community of Benedictine nuns located in Prague Castle in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) between 973 and 1782. Founded in 973, [ 1 ] the abbey was next to the seat of ecclesiastical and state power in Bohemia and occasionally the entire Holy Roman Empire , and played an important ...

  4. Saint George - Wikipedia

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    The term "Saint George's cross" was at first associated with any plain Greek cross touching the edges of the field (not necessarily red on white). [99] Thomas Fuller in 1647 spoke of "the plain or St George's cross" as "the mother of all the others" (that is, the other heraldic crosses). [100]

  5. St George's College, Perth - Wikipedia

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    St George's College is a residential college within the University of Western Australia. Created through a bequest of Sir John Winthrop Hackett and the subsequent collaboration of the university and the Anglican Diocese of Perth, it opened in 1931, making it the oldest college within the university. Initially male-only, the College became co ...

  6. Saint George in devotions, traditions and prayers - Wikipedia

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    Saint George's Abbey on the Reichenau monastic island on Lake Constance in Germany was founded in 888 and in about the year 900 Georgslied (Song of Saint George) was composed there as a set of hymns to Saint George. [22] [23] Georgslied, hymns to St. George, c. 1000.

  7. St George's Cathedral, Southwark - Wikipedia

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    St George's was restored and redecorated by the Scottish ecclesiastical architect Frederick Walters between 1888 and 1905. [ 1 ] In October 1920 St George's was the site of the funeral Mass of Irish nationalist Terence MacSwiney , Lord Mayor of Cork , who died on hunger strike in Brixton Prison .

  8. Chevalier de Saint-Georges - Wikipedia

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    1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Guadeloupe.Basse-Terre (in yellow) is a volcanic island in the French West Indies. Chevalier de Saint-Georges, also known as Joseph Bologne was born on 25 December 1745 in Baillif, Basse-Terre, the illegitimate son of a settler and planter Georges Bologne de Saint-Georges and Nanon, a 17-year-old African slave who served within the family household. [12]

  9. St. George's College, Harare - Wikipedia

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    St. George's College was ranked 5th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon the calibre of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumni, school profile, internet and news visibility. [2] St. George's College was also ranked as one of the Top 10 High Schools in Zimbabwe in 2014. [3]