George, a secondary patron saint of the First Crusade, played a significant role and provided other relics.
[1][2] According to legend, Gerbault, a priest from Lille, and a companion, who traveled with the army of Robert's in northern Syria, while foraging for food, came upon a monastery, where, according to custom, they were well received and fed.
The host monks, described as “good-natured and simple-minded,”[3] showed him a locked marble chest where they kept their most prized possessions, the arm, shoulders and ribs of St. George.
As the story goes, as Gerbault fled from the monastery with his ill-gotten gains, he was struck by blindness and returned to the scene of his crime to confess his sin.
[4] According to historian Kenneth Setton, a purported portion of the saint's skull is held at the San Giorgio Monastery in Venice.