Andrew, as the Gospel tells us, was the brother of Saint Peter, one of the first to be called by Christ, a fisherman by trade. He was the one who told our Lord about the boy with the five loaves and two fish, and about the Gentiles who had come asking to see Jesus. There are many conflicting stories about his mission after Pentecost. He has become patron of Russia and Scotland. The tradition of the X-shaped cross of Saint Andrew, part of Scotch heraldry, does not seem to have been associated with him before the fourteenth century. His cult began in the fourth century in Constantinople, one place where his body is said to be buried. His relics are said to have been transferred to southern Italy in 1210; his head to Saint Peter’s in Rome, in 1462. (MTR) Music from SoundCloud.com. Photo by David Paschke on Unsplash
