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Flag of England, derived from Saint George's Cross A child with an English flag and hat on St. George's Day A St. George's Day celebration in Kent, 2011 The earliest documented mention of St. George in England comes from the Catholic monk the venerable Bede ( c. 673–735). [ 11 ]
The Cross of Saint George as a rectangular flag.The Cross of Saint George as a square flag. In heraldry, Saint George's Cross (or the Cross of Saint George) is a red cross on a white background, which from the Late Middle Ages became associated with Saint George, the military saint, often depicted as a crusader.
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Saint George's Day was considered a "double major feast" from 1415, [15] but George was still eclipsed by his "rivals" Saints Edward and Edmund. [citation needed] John Cabot, commissioned by Henry VII to sail "under our banners, flags and ensigns", may have taken a Saint George's banner to Newfoundland in 1497. [citation needed]
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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]
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The flag of New England has two prominent symbols: a pine tree and red color. Other features, like the St. George's Cross, are not always displayed on the flag, but the pine almost always is. There is a blue ensign and a red ensign variant. In each, St. George's cross is in the canton, whose top left corner is defaced with an