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Saint Andrew the Apostle by Yoan from Gabrovo, 19th century. Andrew is the patron saint of several countries and cities, including Barbados, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Ukraine, Sarzana, [2] Pienza [3] and Amalfi in Italy, Penrith in England, [65] Esgueira in Portugal, Luqa in Malta, Parañaque in the Philippines and Patras in Greece.
Prior to the twentieth century, Acts of Andrew was known chiefly through a book about Andrew by the medieval bishop Gregory of Tours. At that time, Gregory's book was considered to be a reliable epitome of the Acts of Andrew. The first modern edition of the work was a reconstruction published in 1924 by M. R. James that based on Gregory's book.
Behind the altar, is a Crucifixion of Sant’Andrea by Giovanni Battista Lenardi, [7] the Entombment of Sant’Andrea by Francesco Trevisani, and a Death of Saint Andrew by Lazzaro Baldi. The chapel in the left transept is dedicated to Saint Anne and was designed by Luigi Vanvitelli and Giuseppe Valadier [ 8 ] with an altarpiece of Saints Anne ...
Paintings of Andrew the Apostle (23 P) Pages in category "Andrew the Apostle" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called (Russian: Орден Святого апостола Андрея Первозванного, romanized: Orden Svyatogo apostola Andreya Pervozvannogo) is the highest order conferred by both the Russian Imperial Family (as an Order of Knighthood) and by the Russian Federation (as a state ...
The Acts of Andrew and Bartholomew is a 5th-century Nestorian text originally written in Koine Greek which is one of many apocryphal acts of the apostles. [1] The work was influential on later Christian hagiographies of Saint Mercurius and Saint Christopher , [ 2 ] as well as several medieval Islamic traditions.
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Relics of St Andrew, a donation by the Catholic Church in 1964. Relics of the apostle Saint Andrew are stored in the church. They consist of the small finger, part of the top of the cranium of the Apostle, and small portions of the cross on which he was martyred, all kept in a special shrine.