Saint George protecting the Maltese. Saint George is the protector of the island of Gozo and the patron of Gozo's largest city, Victoria. The St. George's Basilica in Victoria is dedicated to him. Devotions to Saint George in Portugal date back to the 12th century. Nuno Álvares Pereira attributed the victory of the Portuguese in the battle of Aljubarrota in 1385 to Saint George. During the reign of John I of Portugal (1357–1433), Saint George became the patron saint of Portugal and the King ordered that the saint's image on the horse be carried in the "Corpus Christi" procession. The flag of
The Patron Saint of Butterflies York, and then moved 75 miles north to Mount Hope near Newburgh, New York. After Schwartz died, the commune "headquarters" moved to Milford, Pennsylvania.) One who was an adult at Mount Hope, Laura Mead Jones, describes the author, Cecilia Galante, as a woman who lived the life of the children described in "The Patron Saint of Butterflies": "Cecilia Galante was born at Mt. Hope and her book is something of a parody of life as seen through the eyes of many of her generation." In a 2007, Laura Jones, also, wrote that it appeared to her that author Cecilia Galante