Knights of St. George

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Many knightly orders and other organizations have called themselves the Knights of St. George. All of them have been dedicated to the veneration of St. George and have recognized him as their patron. St. George of Lydda was a martyr, victim to the Roman Emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians in the fourth century.

Knights of St. George may refer to:

• Order of the Garter, an English order that annually meets at St. George's Chapel, Windsor at Windsor Castle
• Order of St. Michael and St. George, founded in England in 1818
• Order of St. George, a Russian order founded in 1769
• Order of St. George, founded by Emperor Frederick III of Austria in 1464
• Confraternity of St. George, founded in 1494, by Emperor Maximilian I of Austria
• Order of St. George, founded in Bavaria in 1729
• Order of St. George of Alfama, founded in 1201 by King Pedro II of Aragon; later amalgamated with the Aragonese Order of Montesa
• Order of Montesa and St. George of Alfama
• May 6, celebrated as the Matrydom of St. George by the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• Catholic Union of the Knights of Saint John, a union of the Knights of St. Paul, Knights of St. George and Knights of St. Louis, and others; organized in Baltimore and Washington in 1884 and incorporated in 1886 in the state of New York
• St. George Knightly Order, correct name Szent György Lovagrend, founded in Viségrad, Hungary on 23 April 1326; in the presence of King Karoly Robert of Hungary (d. 1342), together with his Cardinals and Bishops.