St. George the Younger

St. George was born in the eighth century at Mitylene, on the island of Lesbos, Greece. Born wealthy, he used his fortune help the sick and poor until it was gone, then entered a monastery. He was Bishop of Mitylene, known as the Younger because there had been two previous bishops in Mitylene named George. He was noted for his humility and fasting, for his gifts of healing, and his work as an exorcist. He stood against emperor Leo the Armenian and the iconoclasts. For his courage and defense of the icons he was exiled to Chersonese for the rest of his life.