Submitted on Monday 20th March 2017
Rejected on Wednesday 5th April 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
To replace St George with St Cuthbert as the patron saint of England.
St Cuthbert would make a much better patron saint for England, because:
1. He lived in England (unlike St George).
2. He worked to bring harmony and peace (unlike St George).
3. He is associated with wildlife and wild places, representing the natural capital of our country.
Born in Melrose, Scotland in AD 635, Cuthbert was a soldier before becoming a monk, earning a reputation for sanctity and devotion. He was a Celtic Christian, but after the Synod of Whitby (AD 664) he worked to bring Roman and Celtic Christians together and heal divisions. He did his greatest work at Lindisfarne and spent was an ascetic hermit on the Farne Islands, which are now one of our finest nature reserves. He was Bishop of Lindisfarne for just a year before his death on 20th March 687.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
St George's status as patron saint of England is a matter of tradition, rather than having any legal or constitutional status.
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