id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2399 Saint George - Wikipedia .html text/html 10651 1123 74 The veneration of George spread from Syria Palaestina through Lebanon to the rest of the Byzantine Empire – though the martyr is not mentioned in the Syriac Breviarium[17] – and the region east of the Black Sea. By the 5th century, the veneration of George had reached the Christian Western Roman Empire, as well: in 494, George was canonized as a saint by Pope Gelasius I, among those "whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to [God]."[citation needed] In 1191 and during the conflict known as the Third Crusade (1189–92), the church was again destroyed by the forces of Saladin, Sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty (reigned 1171–93).[citation needed] A new church was erected in 1872 and is still standing, where the feast of the translation of the relics of Saint George to that location is celebrated on November 3 each year.Eastern Christian Publications, Theosis: Calendar of Saints (2020), pp. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2399.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2399.txt