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To all our Scottish Blues, Happy St. Andrew's Day.
A little about the man whose saltire cross features in the Scottish and Union flags:
He was born between 5 and 10 AD, was from Galilee, and his brother was Simon Peter. Having met Jesus, he went to Peter and introduced him to Jesus.
The brothers were fishermen which led to the famous quote from Jesus who siad if they followed him he would make them 'fishers of men'
After Jesus' ascension, Andrew is believed to have preached in Scythia which is modern day southern Russia and Kazakhstan, as well as in Kyiv. However, he ended his life in Patras, modern day Greece, where he was crucified on an X-shaped cross - he did not deem himself worthy to die on the same T-shaped cross as Jesus. Hence the saltire as his famous symbol. Nero was emperor at the time and it was under his rule that Peter and Paul were also martyred.
After his death most of his remains stayed in Patras, but there are also relics in Italy and in St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh.
So why the connection with Scotland? Tradition says that a Patras monk, Regulus, had a dream in which he was told to take some of the relics 'to the ends of the earth'. He duly set sail with some of the saint's bones, going west and was shipwrecked off the coast of Fife. Thus the relics were brought ashore to what is now St Andrew's.
It is a nice story, but the likelihood is that St Augustine (of Canterbury, not of Hippo) brought some relics with him during his 6th century mission to Britain.
Andrew is also the patron saint of Barbados, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine. Historically, he was patron saint of Prussia. As well as the Scottish flag, the saltire features in the flags of St Patrick (the red saltire in the Union flag added after the Act of Union in 1801), and Tenerife. It was also the ensign of the Russian navy.
Enjoy the day my Scottish brethren !!
A little about the man whose saltire cross features in the Scottish and Union flags:
He was born between 5 and 10 AD, was from Galilee, and his brother was Simon Peter. Having met Jesus, he went to Peter and introduced him to Jesus.
The brothers were fishermen which led to the famous quote from Jesus who siad if they followed him he would make them 'fishers of men'
After Jesus' ascension, Andrew is believed to have preached in Scythia which is modern day southern Russia and Kazakhstan, as well as in Kyiv. However, he ended his life in Patras, modern day Greece, where he was crucified on an X-shaped cross - he did not deem himself worthy to die on the same T-shaped cross as Jesus. Hence the saltire as his famous symbol. Nero was emperor at the time and it was under his rule that Peter and Paul were also martyred.
After his death most of his remains stayed in Patras, but there are also relics in Italy and in St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh.
So why the connection with Scotland? Tradition says that a Patras monk, Regulus, had a dream in which he was told to take some of the relics 'to the ends of the earth'. He duly set sail with some of the saint's bones, going west and was shipwrecked off the coast of Fife. Thus the relics were brought ashore to what is now St Andrew's.
It is a nice story, but the likelihood is that St Augustine (of Canterbury, not of Hippo) brought some relics with him during his 6th century mission to Britain.
Andrew is also the patron saint of Barbados, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine. Historically, he was patron saint of Prussia. As well as the Scottish flag, the saltire features in the flags of St Patrick (the red saltire in the Union flag added after the Act of Union in 1801), and Tenerife. It was also the ensign of the Russian navy.
Enjoy the day my Scottish brethren !!
