Saints of Georgia

The Saints of Georgia is a book of hagiography published by Bessarion.

He is mentioned in Bessarion's The Saints of Georgia.

Synaxis of the Saints of Georgia.

They are regarded as saints in the church in Georgia, and are mentioned in Bessarion's The Saints of Georgia and the Menologium der Orthodox-Katholischen Kirche des Morgenlandes.

Saint George is one of the patron Saints of Georgia; the name Georgia (Sakartvelo in Georgian) is an anglicisation of Gurj, derived from the Persian word for the frightening and heroic people in that territory.