page_title: Saint George's Cross
section_title: England
hierarchical_section_title: Saint George's Cross / England
caption_attribution_description: English: St George's flag flying on Leeds Town Hall in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK. Taken on the 9th May 2009.
context_page_description: In heraldry, Saint George's Cross, also called the Cross of Saint George, is a red cross on a white background, which from the Late Middle Ages became associated with Saint George, the military saint, often depicted as a crusader.
  Associated with the crusades, the red-on-white cross has its origins in the 10th century. It was used as the ensign of the Republic of Genoa perhaps as early as during the 10th century. The symbol was adopted by the Swabian League in the pre-Reformation Holy Roman Empire. The red-on-white cross used extensively across Northern Italy as the symbol of Bologna, Padua, Reggio Emilia, Mantua, Vercelli, Alessandria, is instead derived from another flag, called the "Cross of Saint Ambrose", adopted by the Commune of Milan in 1045.
  Saint George became associated as "patron saint" of England after the English reformation. Since the early modern period, his flag came to be identified as the national flag of England. Saint George is the patron saint of Catalonia and also of the independent nation Georgia. The national flag of Georgia displays a combination of Saint George's cross and the Jerusalem cross.
caption: Saint George's flag flying on Leeds Town Hall (2009).
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