Creu de Sant Jordi

{{Short description|Spanish award}}

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{{distinguish|text=the Cross of St. George, a military distinction in Russia; or the George Cross, a UK and Commonwealth medal; or the Sant Jordi Awards for cinema; or the Premi Sant Jordi de novel·la for Catalan literature}}

File:Creu de Sant Jordi 2007.jpg, one of the main symbols of Catalonia.]]

The Creu de Sant Jordi ({{IPA|ca|ˈkɾɛw ðə ˈsaɲ ˈʒɔɾði}}, in English 'St George's Cross') is one of the highest civil distinctions awarded in Catalonia (Spain), surpassed only in protocol by the Gold Medal of the Generalitat de Catalunya. It was established by the Generalitat de Catalunya autonomous government by virtue of the Decret 457/1981 de 18 de desembre in 1981.Normativa: DECRET 457/1981, de 18 de desembre, creant la Creu de Sant Jordi de la Generalitat de Catalunya; DECRET 182/1994, de 14 de juny, pel qual es modifica el Decret 457/1981, de 18 de desembre, creant la Creu de Sant Jordi de la Generalitat de Catalunya The medal was designed by goldsmith Joaquim Capdevila.