Today, 30 November, is the feast of ...
* Andrew, apostle (first century)
- in 1204, relics 'translated' from Constantinople to
Amalfi by crusaders
- first representations of his martyrdom on an X-shaped (=
saltire or decussate) cross date from after the thirteenth
century
- patron of Russia and Scotland
Tom Izbicki added the following last year:
St. Andrew's head was translated to Rome during the reign of Pius II;
see the description in his Commentaries.
* Sapor, Isaac, Mahanes, Abraham and Simeon, martyrs (339)
- in Persia, Sapor, a bishop, was beaten to death; Isaac,
also a bishop, was stoned; the skin of Mahanes was flayed
from the top of his head to his navel; Abraham's eyes were
poked out with a hot iron; Simeon was buried in the ground
up to his chest and shot full of arrows
* Andrew of Antioch (c. 1348)
- served the basilica of Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem as
holder of the key; died on a fund-raising mission
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Dr Carolyn Muessig
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TB
UK
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