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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about St Andrew
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Interesting Facts about St Andrew are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Known as Andrew the Apostle
  • Fact 2 - He is the Patron Saint of Fishermen and Scotland

  • Fact 3 - Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Andrew: November 30
  • Fact 4 - Andrew was born at Bethsaida, near the Sea of Galilee
  • Fact 5 - Andrew was the brother of Simon Peter
  • Fact 6 - He was a follower of John the Baptist and then became the first apostle of Jesus
  • Fact 7 - Andrew introduced his brother, Simon Peter, to Jesus
  • Fact 8 - He became one of the disciples of Jesus
  • Fact 9 - when Jesus wished to feed the five thousand in the desert it was Andrew who pointed out the little boy with the five loaves and fishes
  • Fact 10 - He undertook missionary work in Scythia and Greece
  • Fact 11 - He was arrested for his Christian beliefs in Patrae (Patros) for his the capital of the prefecture of Achaea, located 215 kilometers west of Athens
  • Fact 12 - After suffering a cruel scourging he bound by cords, to die upon a cross.
  • Fact 13 - His cause of death was crucifixion in AD 70
  • Fact 14 - Andrew was Martyred on an x-shaped cross and was reputed to have preached for two days from it.
  • Fact 15 - He is represented in Christian Art with with a transverse cross and ropes, upon which he was crucified. Hence the term, "St. Andrew's Cross."

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