The life and works of St. Andrew the Apostle.
St. Andrew
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St. Andrew, also called Saint Andrew the Apostle, is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and the brother of St. Peter, died 60/70 CE, Patras, Achaia [Greece] by crucifixion (the cross was described as X-shaped). In the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke), Peter and Andrew were called from their fishing by Jesus to follow him, promising that he would make them “fishers of men.” With Saints Peter, James and John, Andrew asked Jesus on the Mount of Olives for signs of the earth’s end, which inspired the eschatological (the end of the world) discourse in Mark 13.
Andrew is the first Apostle named, in the gospel according to John. He was also a disciple of St. John the Baptist before Jesus’ call. Early Byzantine tradition (dependent on John 1:40) calls Andrew protokletos, “first called.” Early church legends recount his missionary activity in the area about the Black Sea. Apocryphal (writing that is of doubtful authorship) writings centred on him include the Acts of Andrew, Acts of Andrew and Matthias, and Acts of Peter and Andrew. He is iconographically represented with an X-shaped cross (like that depicted on the Scottish flag).
St. Andrew, one of the Twelve Apostles, depicted with an X-shaped cross.
St. Jerome records that Andrew’s relics were taken from Patras (modern Pátrai) to Constantinople (modern Istanbul) by command of the Roman emperor Constantius II in 357. From there, the body was taken to Amalfi, Italy (church of St. Andrew), in 1208, and in the 15th century the head was taken to Rome (St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City). In September 1964 Pope Paul VI returned Andrew’s head to Pátrai as a gesture of goodwill toward the separated Christians of Greece. Many Catholics participate in an Advent devotion known as the St. Andrew Novena, or the St. Andrew Christmas Novena, in which a specific prayer is recited 15 times a day from his feast day (30th November) until Christmas. St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and Russia.
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CHRISTIAN APOSTLE
St. Andrew, also called Saint Andrew the Apostle, is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and the brother of St. Peter, died 60/70 CE, Patras, Achaia [Greece] by crucifixion (the cross was described as X-shaped). In the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke), Peter and Andrew were called from their fishing by Jesus to follow him, promising that he would make them “fishers of men.” With Saints Peter, James and John, Andrew asked Jesus on the Mount of Olives for signs of the earth’s end, which inspired the eschatological (the end of the world) discourse in Mark 13.
Andrew is the first Apostle named, in the gospel according to John. He was also a disciple of St. John the Baptist before Jesus’ call. Early Byzantine tradition (dependent on John 1:40) calls Andrew protokletos, “first called.” Early church legends recount his missionary activity in the area about the Black Sea. Apocryphal (writing that is of doubtful authorship) writings centred on him include the Acts of Andrew, Acts of Andrew and Matthias, and Acts of Peter and Andrew. He is iconographically represented with an X-shaped cross (like that depicted on the Scottish flag).
St. Andrew, one of the Twelve Apostles, depicted with an X-shaped cross.
St. Jerome records that Andrew’s relics were taken from Patras (modern Pátrai) to Constantinople (modern Istanbul) by command of the Roman emperor Constantius II in 357. From there, the body was taken to Amalfi, Italy (church of St. Andrew), in 1208, and in the 15th century the head was taken to Rome (St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City). In September 1964 Pope Paul VI returned Andrew’s head to Pátrai as a gesture of goodwill toward the separated Christians of Greece. Many Catholics participate in an Advent devotion known as the St. Andrew Novena, or the St. Andrew Christmas Novena, in which a specific prayer is recited 15 times a day from his feast day (30th November) until Christmas. St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and Russia.
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Source: holy scriptures, encyclopedia
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