Saint George in devotions, traditions and prayers was specially devoted to the saint and declared him the patron saint of Portugal. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Portuguese explorers carried the devotion across the oceans to India and South America. After the thirteenth century, a large portion of the art, iconography and legendary traditions associated with Saint George and many festivals that celebrate him involve the legend of Saint George and the Dragon. The association of Saint George with the dragon was not attested to until the twelfth century version of "Miracula Sancti Georgii" (Codex Romanus Angelicus 46, pt. 12, written in Greek). Jacobus De Voragine, the
Consecration of Aloysius Gonzaga as patron saint of youth Consecration of Aloysius Gonzaga as patron saint of youth The Consecration of Aloysius Gonzaga as patron saint of youth is a c.1763 painting attributed to Francisco de Goya and now owned by the town of Jaraba but stored in the Saragossa Museum in Saragossa. It resulted from a commission by the Jesuit church of Santa María del Pilar de Calatayud, now known as San Juan el Real. After the Jesuits were expelled from Spain in 1767, the painting went to the sanctuary of the Virgin of Jaraba, where it was rediscovered in 1985. It shows saint Aloysius Gonzaga being consecrated