He was believed to have been born in what is now Turkey and never visited England. Seems he was popular in medieval times and is also the patron saint of Portugal, Georgia and Ethiopia - one for a pub quiz that!
Got a mention on the redio today and I noticed that Google did a themed ‘doodle’ to commemorate the day so not entirely forgotten .... but hasn’t the flag become rather associated with the far right? A pity of course, but perhaps hard to break the link?