For yesterday, 30th November with a Google doodle. To help celebrate, a few factuals on the saint himself:
Born in the first century, Andrew was a Christian apostle and the brother of Saint Peter – and the first of the 12 Disciples of Christ.
He is hailed for spreading the gospel to Russian, Romania and Greece and is also the patron saint of those three countries.
The Saltire, aka St Andrew’s Cross, is also the flag of Tenerife and the naval flag of Russia.
The Saltire’s cross design comes from the legend that St Andrew was crucified on an X-shaped cross.
Saint Andrew’s bones were brought to Scottish shores by the Bishop of Hexham in 732 AD. He was a well-known admirer of him.
He became the patron saint of Scotland in the mid-ninth century after Oengus II’s Picts and Scots battled Angles in East Lothian. He swore that he’d make Andrew Scotland’s patron saint if he won, which he did.
St Andrew’s Day became a bank holiday in Scotland in 2006.
It used to be traditional to eat a singed sheep’s head on St Andrew’s Day.
It’s also traditional for girls to pray for a husband on the eve of St Andrew’s Day, 29th November, as he’s said to look after unmarried women.
In Romania the women don’t just pray for husbands, they put 41 grains of wheat under their pillow. If they dream someone will nick the grains, it apparently means they’ll get married the following year.
He is hailed for spreading the gospel to Russian, Romania and Greece and is also the patron saint of those three countries.
The Saltire, aka St Andrew’s Cross, is also the flag of Tenerife and the naval flag of Russia.
The Saltire’s cross design comes from the legend that St Andrew was crucified on an X-shaped cross.
Saint Andrew’s bones were brought to Scottish shores by the Bishop of Hexham in 732 AD. He was a well-known admirer of him.
He became the patron saint of Scotland in the mid-ninth century after Oengus II’s Picts and Scots battled Angles in East Lothian. He swore that he’d make Andrew Scotland’s patron saint if he won, which he did.
St Andrew’s Day became a bank holiday in Scotland in 2006.
It used to be traditional to eat a singed sheep’s head on St Andrew’s Day.
It’s also traditional for girls to pray for a husband on the eve of St Andrew’s Day, 29th November, as he’s said to look after unmarried women.
In Romania the women don’t just pray for husbands, they put 41 grains of wheat under their pillow. If they dream someone will nick the grains, it apparently means they’ll get married the following year.
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