Patronages of Saint George Saint George the leader of the Portuguese victory in the battle of Aljubarrota. King John I (1357–1433) was also a devotee of the saint and was in his reign that Saint George replaced Saint James as the main patron saint of Portugal. In 1387, he ordered that its image on horse be carried in the Corpus Christi procession. As part of the Portuguese Empire, Brazil inherited the devotion to Saint George as patron saint of Portugal. In the religious traditions of the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé and Umbanda, Ogum (as this Yoruba divinity is known in the Portuguese language) is often identified
Adra, Spain is important to the farmers of Adra. It is an official festival of tourist interest in Andalucía. July 16 is the day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the patron saint of fishermen. A procession takes place by boat. Bazaars take place two Saturdays a month in a carpark which is beside the Sports Center and I.E.S Abdera School. Adra, Spain Adra, the classical Abdera, is a municipality of Almería province, Spain. Abdera was founded by the Phoenicians as a trading colony. It later grew to prominence under the Roman Empire. Adra was the last stronghold of the Moors in