Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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Andrew

Gender
Male
Floruit (period)
Biblical
Floruit date range
? - ?
Description
Brother of Simon Peter. Fisherman. Disciple of John the Baptist. Always appears among the first four apostles in the Gospels. His supposed relics were translated to Constantinople in the fourth century, then removed to Amalfi in 1204 by crusaders after the sacking of the city. Thomas Palaeologus, despot of Morea (and brother of the depsoed Greek emperor) gave St Andrew's head to the pope in 1461. Named as patron of Scotland in Declaration of Arbroath, 1314. ODS, 21-2. For St Andrew in Scotland, see M. Ash and D. Broun, ‘The Adoption of St Andrew as Patron Saint of Scotland’, in Medieval Art and Architecture in the Diocese of St Andrews, ed. John Higgitt, British Archaeological Association Transactions 14 (1994), 16-24.
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
None Apostle 100 None
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
no ethnicity available
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
11 30 yes St Andrew the Apostle None
5 9 yes Translation None
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
Saltire Cross None
Fishing net None
specialist associations
association notes
no specialist associations