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St George (275-303), Ethelred the Unready (968-1016) and Ethelred, King of Wessex (837-871) all died on April 23.

Ethelred the Unready?

Æthelred the Unready

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4. St George is thought to have been a soldier in the Roman army who was martyred for his Christian beliefs, though some doubts have been expressed about whether he existed at all.

5. Because of these doubts, Pope Paul VI demoted St George to ‘optional worship’ in 1969.

6. John Paul II reinstated him to full membership of the calendar of saints in 2000.