Why is Saint George the patron saint of England?

Saint George was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition, he was a soldier of Cappadocian Greek origin and a member of the Praetorian Guard for Roman emperor Diocletian, who was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith.

Saint George became one of the most venerated saints and megalomartyrs in Christianity, and he has been especially venerated as a military saint since the Crusades.

Why is Saint George the patron saint of England?

Saint George was adopted as a patron saint in the middle Ages by England and Catalonia, as well as by Venice, Genoa and Portugal because he was the personification of ideals of Christian Chivalry.