Saints & Dragons

An introduction to dragons & how to fight them featuring saints from across history. LINKS: Support us here: https://ko-fi.com/patristix A discussion about dragons with ‪@JonathanPageau‬ :    • Universal History: Dragons! - with Richard...   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... Amongst our supporters are the excellent folks at Orthodox Youth & Young Adult Ministries: https://www.theoym.org/ Consider a monthly (or one off!) donation towards this channel here: https://ko-fi.com/patristix You can also help us by getting Patristix graphic designs on ALL SORTS of merch at our Redbubble shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/patr... Also follow us on social media for cool graphics, pictures and info: Facebook -   / patristix   Instagram -   / patristixgram