St George’s Day on April 23 may be seen as a day of celebration in England, but a quarter of English citizens don’t know who their patron saint is. New research, conducted by Paddy Power Games, studied knowledge of the patron saints, revealing that it’s the English that are the most ill-informed, with 25% not knowing who St George is.
Despite a chunk of the nation failing to grasp the meaning behind the national day, more than a fifth of those in England still choose to mark St George’s Day in their calendars.
And it turns out that it’s the people of Leicester that are the most patriotic (or most eager to go to the pub), with 33% saying they celebrate the saint – significantly more than the national average (21%).
