We meet dragons in the histories of the glorious archangel Michael, of St.George, St.Philip, St.James the Great, St.Patrick, St.Martha, and St.Margaret.And it is in such writings, since they are worthy of full credence, that we ought to look for comfort and counsel.
"The story of the dragon of Silena affords us particularly precious examples.

You must know, my son, that on the banks of a vast pool close to that town there dwelt a dragon who sometimes approached the walls and poisoned with his breath all who dwelt in the suburbs.

And that they might not be devoured by the monster, the inhabitants of Silena delivered up to him one of their number expressed his thought every morning.

The victim was chosen by lot, and after a hundred others, the lot fell upon the king's daughter.
"Now St.George, who was a military tribune, as he passed through the town of Silena, learned that the king's daughter had just been given to the fierce beast.

He immediately mounted his horse, and, armed with his lance, rushed to encounter the dragon, whom he reached just as the monster was about to devour the royal virgin.