Events Tagged: "serpent"

Apollo slays Python at Delphi - massive serpent guarding the oracle, Apollo establishes temple after victory (Greek histories)

St. Hilary banishes serpent Galena - enormous serpent terrorizing Poitiers driven away with bishop's staff (Fortunatus)

Dragon of Rhodes slain by Dieudonné de Gozon - Knight Hospitaller kills dragon, becomes Grand Master (Order chronicles)

Visconti adopt Biscione dragon - Milan rulers adopt serpent swallowing man as heraldic device after dragon encounter

St. Leonard's Forest Dragon - 9-foot serpent with black scales kills men and cattle, pamphlet 'True and Wonderful' published