ST. GEORGE’S CROSS

1. ST. GEORGE’S CROSS St George's Cross (or the Cross of St George) is a red cross on a white background used as a symbolic reference to Saint George. The red cross on white was associated with St George from medieval times. St George's Cross has been adopted on the coat of arms and flags of several countries and cities which have, or had, St George as a patron saint, notably Georgia, England, Aragon, Genoa and Barcelona.

2. THE SALTIRE Known as Saint Andrew's Cross or the Saltire, is the national flag of Scotland. According to legend, the Christian apostle and martyr Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, was crucified on an X-shaped cross at Patras, (Patrae), in Achaea. Use of the familiar iconography of his martyrdom, showing the apostle bound to an X-shaped cross, first appears in the Kingdom of Scotland in 1180 during the reign of William I.

3. SAINT PATRICK’S SALTIRE Saint Patrick's Saltire or Saint Patrick's Cross is a red saltire (X-shaped cross) on a white field, used to represent the island of Ireland or Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. The saltire was first used in the regalia of the Order of Saint Patrick, a British chivalric order established in 1783 by George III, and later in the arms and flags of a number of institutions. After the 1800 Act of Union joined the Kingdom of Ireland with the Kingdom of Great Britain, the saltire was added to the British flag to form the Union Flag still used by the United Kingdom

4. UNION JACK The origins of the flag date back to 1603, when James VI of Scotland inherited the English and Irish thrones (as James I), thereby uniting the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland in a personal union (which remained separate states). On 12 April 1606, a new flag to represent this regal union between England and Scotland was specified in a royal decree, according to which the flag of England (a red cross on a white background, known as St George's Cross), and the flag of Scotland (a white saltire on a blue background, known as the Saltire or St Andrew's Cross), would be joined together, forming the flag of Great Britain and first union flag.

5. TRUE OR FALSE? ? Saint Patrick’s saltire is the Scottish flag The red cross on white was associated with St George from recent times Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland The Union Jack represents the union of England, Scotland and Ireland James I unitied the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland in a personal union St George's Cross has been adopted also in Genoa and Barcelona T

6. ST. GEORGE’S CROSS St George's Cross (or the Cross of St George) is a red …… on a white ……………. used as a symbolic …………… to Saint George. St George's Cross has been ……….. on the coat of arms and flags of several ……………… and ……… which have, or ………. St George as a ………… saint, notably …………., Genoa and Barcelona.

7. THE SALTIRE Known as ………………………………..or the Saltire, is the national flag of ……………………. According to ……………………, the Christian ………… Saint Andrew, the patron …………. of ………………………, was c…………………… on an ……………cross at Patras,

8. SAINT ...................... SALTIRE Saint Patrick's Saltire or Saint Patrick's ………….. is a red saltire (X-shaped cross) on a ………. field, used to represent the ………. of ………………….. or Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. The saltire was first used in the regalia of the ………….of Saint Patrick. After the 1800 ………………..joined the Kingdom of Ireland with the Kingdom of …………………., the saltire was added to the British flag to form the …………………….still used by the United Kingdom

9. UNION JACK The ………….. of the flag date back to 1603, when James VI of …………… inherited the English and Irish thrones (as James I), thereby uniting the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland in a personal union. On 12 April 1606, a new flag to represent this regal …………. between England and Scotland was specified in a royal decree, …………….. to which the flag of England, and the flag of Scotland, would be …………………………together, ……………………………………the flag of Great Britain and first union flag.