NEWS YOU CAN USE: When is St George’s Day? Everything you need to know about England (and Ethiopia’s) dragon-slaying saint. “St George is not even exclusively England’s patron saint. His iconography and coat of arms can be found on flags in countries and cities across the world. Places including Portugal, Lithuania, Romania, Germany, Greece, Istanbul and Ethiopia also celebrate him.” Well, there used to be something called Christendom, where that sort of thing made sense.