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Saint George, Roman soldier and martyr

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303

Calendar year

Year 303 (CCCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. It was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Diocletian and Maximian. The denomination 303 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini…
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Saint George

Christian saint and martyr (died 303)

Saint George, also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the Roman army. Of Cappadocian Greek origin, he became a member of the Praetorian Guard for Roman emperor Diocletian,…
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April 23

Day of the year

April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 252 days remain until the end of the year.
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