24 Facts About Saint Andrew

Andrew the Apostle, called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament.

Saint Andrew is the brother of Simon Peter and is a son of Jonah.

Saint Andrew is referred to in the Orthodox tradition as the First-Called .

Saint Andrew the Apostle was born between 5 and 10 AD in Bethsaida, in Galilee.

The New Testament states that Saint Andrew was the brother of Simon Peter, and likewise a son of Jonah.

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In contrast, the Gospel of John states that Saint Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist, whose testimony first led him, and another unnamed disciple of John the Baptist, to follow Jesus.

Subsequently, in the gospels, Saint Andrew is referred to as being present on some important occasions as one of the disciples more closely attached to Jesus.

Saint Andrew told Jesus about the boy with the loaves and fishes, and when Philip wanted to tell Jesus about certain Greeks seeking Him, he told Saint Andrew first.

Saint Andrew was one of the four disciples who came to Jesus on the Mount of Olives to ask about the signs of Jesus' return at the "end of the age".

Saint Andrew is said to have been martyred by crucifixion at the city of Patras in Achaea, in AD 60.

The iconography of the martyrdom of Saint Andrew — showing him bound to an X-shaped cross — does not appear to have been standardized until the later Middle Ages.

Apocryphal Acts of Saint Andrew, mentioned by Eusebius, Epiphanius and others, is among a disparate group of Acts of the Apostles that were traditionally attributed to Leucius Charinus.

The Acts, as well as a Gospel of St Andrew, appear among rejected books in the Decretum Gelasianum connected with the name of Pope Gelasius I The Acts of Andrew was edited and published by Constantin von Tischendorf in the Acta Apostolorum apocrypha, putting it for the first time into the hands of a critical professional readership.

Saint Andrew sailed west, towards the edge of the known world, and was shipwrecked on the coast of Fife, Scotland.

Skull of Saint Andrew, which had been taken to Constantinople, was returned to Patras by Emperor Basil I, who ruled from 867 to 886.

Saint Andrew gave the head to Pope Pius II, who had it enshrined in one of the four central piers of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican and then in Pienza, Italy.

The cross of Saint Andrew was taken from Greece during the Crusades by the Duke of Burgundy.

The former date, dedicated to Saint Andrew's arrival in Georgia, is a public holiday in Georgia.

Seventeen years later, Saint Andrew appeared to her in a dream, telling her to pray for her son's return at the monastery.

Apostolos Andreas Monastery is a monastery dedicated to Saint Andrew situated just south of Cape Apostolos Andreas, which is the north-easternmost point of the island of Cyprus, in Rizokarpaso in the Karpass Peninsula.

Tradition regarding the early Christian history of Ukraine holds that the apostle Saint Andrew preached on the southern borders of modern-day Ukraine, along the Black Sea.

Form of St Saint Andrew's cross called the Cross of Bourgogne was used as the flag of the Duchy of Burgundy, and after the Duchy was acquired by Spain, by the Spanish Crown, and later as a Spanish naval flag and finally as an army battle flag up until 1843.

Saint Andrew was the patron saint of Prussia and of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Saint Andrew is considered the founder and the first bishop of the Church of Byzantium and is consequently the patron saint of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.