SAINT GEORGE

Reference: ART. 424/60

Condition: New product

Statue of Saint George, 60 cm of fiberglass, handmade in Italy.

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Time of realization about 30/40 days

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Fiberglass statue, internally empty and very light. It is suitable to be carried during the processions. The manufacturing is entirely manual. When the two parts are linked, there is the finishing of the statue and it is perfectly smoothed, then the statue goes through the coloring section. The skilled decorators hand paint using particolar varnishes, conforming to the traditional iconography. The fiberglass is a plastic material, very resistant and humidity absorber which is used in many sectors: industry, furnitures, building of boats, airplanes, vehicles, garden swimmingpool etc.

Storia

Saint George the Great, martyr, was born in 280 and he died on the 23rd of April 303. He is commemorated on the 23 of April.

He also died during the reign of Diocleziano in Diospoli (Palestine), in the “Age of the Saint Martyrs” (300-303).

There are many legends around his name. The most known is that he killed a dragon.

With the Crusades began in Western the worship of Saint George. In Eastern he is venerated as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. He is considered a women’s defender. He is the Saint Patron o f Englad, Aragon, Portugal, Germany, Genoa and Venice. He moreover is the protector of Ferrara.

He is salso venerated by the Muslims as a “Prophet”. He is the patron of the scout and the tourist guides.

He is illustrated as a young soldier, riding a horse, with a spear while he is piercing the dragon.