An introduction to dragons & how to fight them featuring saints from across history.
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A discussion about dragons with ‪@JonathanPageau‬ : Dragons! - Universal History
Saint George & the dragon: George the Great Martyr
Daniel, Bel, & the dragon: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/...
Saint John of Damascus/the Damascene & dragons (this excerpt was hard to find in English & we originally used a Russian version for the episode. I don't believe it's available in English in full): https://classicalchristianity.com/201...
The Roman General Regulas & the Bagradas Dragon: https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/...
Saint Theodore the Tyro & the dragon: Theodore the Tyro (Theodore the Recruit)
Saint Philip & the dragon: https://www.christianiconography.info...
The Hierapolis "Gate to Hell" discovery: https://www.science.org/content/artic...
Saint Donatus & the Dragon (bones): https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/d...
Saint Sampson of Dol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_...
Saint Paul Aurelian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Au...
Saint Romanos of Rouen & the origin of Gargoyles: https://thegoodlifefrance.com/the-ori...
Saint Martha & the Tarasque: https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/s...
Saint Elizabeth the Wonderworker & Dragonslayer: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2042...
Saint Sylvester & the Dragon: https://www.christianiconography.info...
Saint Michael of Potouk & the Dragon: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2009...
Saint Symeon the Stylite and Saint Ammon with their dragon stories can be found in this book: https://archive.org/details/beastssai...
An article about Saints and Dragons: https://www.pilgrimaps.com/the-saints...
"Crushing the Dragons" an Orthodox article: https://glory2godforallthings.com/200...
G K Chesterton's "Tremendous Trifles" essays including the quoted dragon reference: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8092/...
"Dragons are more real than dinosaurs": https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/cont...
The Lord of Spirits podcast discusses dragons: https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts...

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