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65-512: Sottunga can be reached by ferry from Långnäs in Lumparland and Galtby in Korpo and many ferries pass the island without making a stop. Like the rest of Eastern Åland, Sottunga got its first permanent inhabitants sometime in the 11th century, although there is evidence that the island had had inhabitants long before that. The name Sottunga itself is thought to predate the 11th century. In

130-407: A Latin cross of the kind on which Jesus is said to have been crucified; yet a tradition developed that Andrew had been crucified on a cross of the form called crux decussata (X-shaped cross, or "saltire"), now commonly known as a " Saint Andrew's Cross " — supposedly at his own request, as he deemed himself unworthy to be crucified on the same type of cross as Jesus had been. The iconography of

195-666: A patron saint of Ukraine , Romania and Russia . According to Hippolytus of Rome , Andrew preached in Thrace , and his presence in Byzantium is mentioned in the apocryphal Acts of Andrew . According to tradition, he founded the see of Byzantium (later Constantinople ) in AD 38, installing Stachys as bishop. This diocese became the seat of the Patriarchate of Constantinople under Anatolius , in 451 . Andrew, along with Stachys,

260-539: A dream, telling her to pray for her son's return at the monastery. Living in Anatolia, she embarked on the crossing to Cyprus on a very crowded boat. As she was telling her story during the journey, one of the passengers, a young Dervish priest, became more and more interested. Asking if her son had any distinguishing marks, he stripped off his clothes to reveal the same marks and mother and son were thus reunited. Apostolos Andreas Monastery ( Greek : Απόστολος Ανδρέας )

325-511: A fire had destroyed the original one. It is the smallest wooden church in Finland. Its clock tower was built in 1770 and the building was renovated in 1802. The painting at the altar was made by P. Berggren in Stockholm , Sweden , in 1845. Before the church was built Sottunga had a chapel which was built in 1544 and which was approximately one kilometer away from the contemporary church. On

390-780: A higher likelihood of early conversion. As such, if Andrew the Apostle had preached in Dobruja (in proximity to the Thracians he had also preached to) and not in Crimea as per the Russian Orthodox Church, Christianity in Romania can be considered of apostolic origin. Between the 4th and 6th centuries, the region of Scythia Minor played an influential role in the development of Christian theology. Tradition regarding

455-399: A population of 364 (31 October 2024) and covers an area of 87.04 square kilometres (33.61 sq mi) of which 50.8 km (19.6 sq mi) is water. The population density is 10.01 inhabitants per square kilometre (25.9/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Swedish . The main village is Klemetsby, where there is a bank, a church, a post office and a school. Klemetsby

520-514: A possible reference to Scythia Minor , corresponding to the modern-day regions of Northern Dobruja (part of Romania) and Southern Dobruja (part of Bulgaria). According to Hippolyte of Antioch, Saint Andrew had also preached to the Thracians. Although the exclusive presence in the Romanian language of Latin vocabulary for concepts of Christian faith may indicate the antiquity of Daco-Roman Christianity, according to some modern Romanian scholars,

585-415: A well-known collector of religious relics. The skull of Saint Andrew, which had been taken to Constantinople, was returned to Patras by Emperor Basil I , who ruled from 867 to 886. In 1208, following the sack of Constantinople , those relics of Saint Andrew and Saint Peter which remained in the imperial city were taken to Amalfi , Italy , by Cardinal Peter of Capua , a native of Amalfi. A cathedral

650-536: Is 25 kilometres (16 mi) away from Mariehamn along the Highway 3 . The ferry port of Långnäs is situated in the eastern part of Lumparland. Lumparland was the last municipality in Finland to establish its own website which happened in 2004. The municipality has previously also been known as "'Lumparlanti" in some Finnish documents, but is today referred to as "Lumparland" also in Finnish. Lumparland borders

715-738: Is a monastery dedicated to Saint Andrew situated just south of Cape Apostolos Andreas , which is the north-easternmost point of the island of Cyprus , in Rizokarpaso in the Karpass Peninsula . The monastery is an important site to the Cypriot Orthodox Church . It was once known as 'the Lourdes of Cyprus', served not by an organized community of monks but by a changing group of volunteer priests and laymen. Both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities consider

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780-469: Is a public holiday in Georgia . Cypriot tradition holds that a ship which was transporting Andrew went off course and ran aground. Upon coming ashore, Andrew struck the rocks with his staff at which point a spring of healing waters gushed forth. Using it, the sight of the ship's captain, who had been blind in one eye, was restored. Thereafter, the site became a place of pilgrimage and a fortified monastery,

845-418: Is not named, nor is reference made to Simon having a brother. In this narrative, Jesus initially used a boat, solely described as being Simon's, as a platform for preaching to the multitudes on the shore and then as a means to achieving a huge trawl of fish on a night which had hitherto proved fruitless. The narrative indicates that Simon was not the only fisherman in the boat ( they signalled to their partners in

910-618: Is recognized as the patron saint of the Patriarchate. Basil of Seleucia (5th century) also knew of Apostle Andrew's missions in Thrace, Scythia and Achaea . Andrew is said to have been martyred by crucifixion at the city of Patras (Patræ) in Achaea , in AD 60. Early texts, such as the Acts of Andrew known to Gregory of Tours (6th century), describe Andrew as bound, not nailed, to

975-591: Is recorded for him. Andrew the Apostle was born between 5 and 10 AD in Bethsaida , in Galilee . The New Testament states that Andrew was the brother of Simon Peter , and likewise a son of Jonah. "The first striking characteristic of Andrew is his name: it is not Hebrew, as might have been expected, but Greek, indicative of a certain cultural openness in his family that cannot be ignored. We are in Galilee, where

1040-502: Is similar to the use of a witch ball , although the cross will actively prevent witches from entering, whereas the witch ball will passively delay or entice the witch, and perhaps entrap it. The National Shrine of Saint Andrew is located at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh . St. Andrew was the patron saint of the Dukes of Burgundy. A form of St. Andrew's cross called the Cross of Bourgogne

1105-842: Is the patron saint of several countries and cities, including Barbados , Romania , Russia , Scotland , Ukraine , Sarzana , Pienza and Amalfi in Italy, Penrith in England, Esgueira in Portugal, Luqa in Malta, Parañaque in the Philippines and Patras in Greece. He was also the patron saint of Prussia and of the Order of the Golden Fleece . He is considered the founder and

1170-581: The Apostolos Andreas Monastery , stood there in the 12th century, from which Isaac Comnenus negotiated his surrender to Richard the Lionheart . In the 15th century, a small chapel was built close to the shore. The main monastery of the current church dates to the 18th century. Other pilgrimages are more recent. The story is told that in 1895, the son of a Maria Georgiou was kidnapped. Seventeen years later, Andrew appeared to her in

1235-711: The Bibliothèque Nationale , Paris; the other is the Harleian Mss in the British Library , London. They state that the relics of Andrew were brought by one Regulus to the Pictish king Óengus mac Fergusa (729–761). The only historical Regulus ( Riagail or Rule) whose name is preserved in the tower of St Rule was an Irish monk expelled from Ireland with Columba ; his dates, however, are c. 573 – 600. There are good reasons for supposing that

1300-619: The Mount of Olives to ask about the signs of Jesus' return at the "end of the age". Eusebius in his Church History 3.1 (4th century) quoted Origen (c. 185 – c. 253) as saying that Andrew preached in Scythia . The Chronicle of Nestor (1113) adds that he preached along the Black Sea and the Dnieper river as far as Kyiv , and from there he travelled to Novgorod . Hence, he became

1365-672: The New Testament list and says that the disciples included Andrew. St. Andrew is traditionally portrayed with a long forked beard, a cross, and a book. Masaccio 's 1426 "Saint Andrew" is a panel painting in tempora and gold leaf, once part of the Pisa Altarpiece It is now at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California. Andrew appears as part of Carlo Crivelli 's San Domenico Altarpiece (1476). This panel

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1430-662: The Synod of Whitby , when the Celtic Church felt that Columba had been "outranked" by Peter and that Peter's brother would make a higher-ranking patron. The 1320 Declaration of Arbroath cites Scotland's conversion to Christianity by Andrew, "the first to be an Apostle". Numerous parish churches in the Church of Scotland and congregations of other Christian churches in Scotland are named after Andrew. The former national church of

1495-702: The Union Flag and those of some of the former colonies of the British Empire ) feature Saint Andrew's saltire cross. The saltire is also the flag of Tenerife , the former flag of Galicia and the Russian Navy Ensign . The feast of Andrew is observed on 30 November in both the Eastern and Western churches, and is a bank holiday in Scotland, There are week-long celebrations in the town of St Andrews and in some other Scottish cities. In

1560-508: The apostolic successor to Andrew is the Patriarch of Constantinople . The name " Andrew " (meaning manly, brave , from ‹See Tfd› Greek : ἀνδρεία , translit.   andreía , lit.  "manhood, valor"), like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews and other Hellenized people since the second or third century B.C. No Hebrew or Aramaic name

1625-664: The early Christian history of Ukraine holds that the apostle Andrew preached on the southern borders of modern-day Ukraine , along the Black Sea . A legend, recorded in the Primary Chronicle (pages 7.21–9.4), has it that he travelled from Sinope towards Chersonesus (Korsun), up the Dnieper River and reached the future location of Kyiv , where he erected a cross on the site where the Saint Andrew's Church of Kyiv currently stands, and where he prophesied

1690-665: The 10th–11th-century Georgian ecclesiastics and, refurbished with more details, was inserted in the Georgian Chronicles . The story of Andrew's mission in the Georgian lands endowed the Georgian church with apostolic origin and served as a defence argument to George the Hagiorite against the encroachments from the Antiochian church authorities on autocephaly of the Georgian church. Another Georgian monk, Ephraim

1755-622: The 1720s. Inside the church, the altar painting is the work of Victor Westerholm . There is also a miniature ship from 1836 inside the church. [REDACTED] Media related to Lumparland at Wikimedia Commons This Åland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Saint Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( Koinē Greek : Ἀνδρέας , romanized:  Andréas [anˈdre.aːs̠] ; Latin : Andreas [än̪ˈd̪reː.äːs] ; Aramaic : אַנדּרֵאוָס ; Classical Syriac : ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ , romanized:  ʾAnd'raʾwās ), also called Saint Andrew ,

1820-587: The 17th century there were some ten households on the island and about 70 inhabitants. Sottunga has suffered during many wars, first during the Great Northern War in 1714–22 when all of Åland fled to Sweden and again during the Finnish War of 1808-09 when all the buildings on the island were set on fire in order to prevent them from falling into enemy hands. In 1800, before the Finnish War,

1885-613: The 20th century, although substantiated by the Church History of Eusebius . According to Hippolyte of Antioch, (died c. 250 C.E.) in his On Apostles, Origen in the third book of his Commentaries on the Genesis (254 C.E.), Eusebius of Caesarea in his Church History (340 C.E.), and other sources, such as Usaard's Martyrdom written between 845 and 865, and Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend (c. 1260), Andrew preached in Scythia,

1950-568: The Baptist, to follow Jesus. Andrew at once recognized Jesus as the Messiah, and hastened to introduce him to his brother. The Byzantine Church honours him with the name Protokletos , which means "the first called". Thenceforth, the two brothers were disciples of Christ. On a subsequent occasion, prior to the final call to the apostolate , they were called to a closer companionship, and then they left all things to follow Jesus. Subsequently, in

2015-528: The Catholic Church, Advent begins with First Vespers of the Sunday that falls on or closest to the feast of Saint Andrew. Andrew the Apostle is remembered in the Church of England with a Festival on 30 November . The Qur'anic account of the disciples of Jesus does not include their names, numbers, or any detailed accounts of their lives. Muslim exegesis , however, more or less agrees with

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2080-631: The Catholic Church, again through Cardinal Etchegaray, gave the Greek Orthodox Church another relic of Saint Andrew. The Eastern Orthodox Church commemorates the Apostle Andrew on several days throughout the Church Calendar. Fixed days of commemoration include: There are also days which are movable: The Roman Catholic Church commemorates Andrew on 30 November. The church tradition of Georgia regards Andrew as

2145-501: The Greek language and culture are quite present." Both he and his brother Peter were fishermen by trade and also Simon Peter who became a "fisher of men", hence the tradition that Jesus called them to be his disciples by saying that he will make them " fishers of men " ( ‹See Tfd› Greek : ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων , translit.   halieîs anthrṓpōn ). According to Mark 1:29, at the beginning of Jesus' public life, they occupied

2210-488: The Minor , produced a thesis, reconciling Andrew's story with an earlier evidence of the 4th-century conversion of Georgians by Nino and explaining the necessity of the "second Christening" by Nino. The thesis was made canonical by the Georgian church council in 1103. The Georgian Orthodox Church marks two feast days in honour of Saint Andrew, on 12 May and 13 December. The former date, dedicated to Andrew's arrival in Georgia,

2275-632: The Scottish people in Rome , Sant'Andrea degli Scozzesi was dedicated to Saint Andrew. A local superstition uses the cross of Saint Andrew as a hex sign on the fireplaces in northern England and Scotland to prevent witches from flying down the chimney and entering the house to do mischief. By placing the Saint Andrew's cross on one of the fireplace posts or lintels , witches are prevented from entering through this opening. In this case, it

2340-567: The Strait of Corinth, Palaeologus fled Patras for exile in Italy, bringing with him what was purported to be the skull of Saint Andrew. He gave the head to Pope Pius II , who had it enshrined in one of the four central piers of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican and then in Pienza , Italy. In September 1964, Pope Paul VI , as a gesture of goodwill toward the Greek Orthodox Church, ordered that

2405-486: The apostle was presented to the Bishop of Patras Nicodemus by a Catholic delegation led by Cardinal Roger Etchegaray . All the relics, which consist of the small finger, the skull (part of the top of the cranium of Saint Andrew), and the cross on which he was martyred , have been kept in the Church of St. Andrew at Patras in a special shrine and are revered in a special ceremony every 30 November, his feast day . In 2006,

2470-493: The cloud phenomenon as representing the crux decussata upon which Andrew was crucified, Óengus honoured his pre-battle pledge and duly appointed Andrew as the patron saint of Scotland. The white saltire set against a celestial blue background is said to have been adopted as the design of the flag of Scotland on the basis of this legend. However, there is evidence that Andrew was venerated in Scotland before this. Andrew's connection with Scotland may have been reinforced following

2535-472: The eastern edge of a billion-year-old nine-kilometer wide water filled impact crater , Lumparn , which is devoid of islands. Lumpokasen (60.7 m or 199 ft) is the highest point in the municipality. Agriculture and tourism are the most important lines of business in Lumparland. The Church of Lumparland , dedicated to St. Andrew , is the oldest surviving wooden church in Åland, dating back to

2600-644: The first bishop of the Church of Byzantium and is consequently the patron saint of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople . Thus, Benedict XVI calls him "the Apostle of the Greek world," and since he is the brother of St. Peter, the first bishop of Rome, their brotherhood is "symbolically expressed in the special reciprocal relations of the See of Rome and of Constantinople, which are truly Sister Churches." The flag of Scotland (and consequently

2665-457: The first preacher of Christianity in the territory of Georgia and as the founder of the Georgian church. This tradition derives from Byzantine sources, particularly Nicetas of Paphlagonia (died c. 890) who asserts that "Andrew preached to the Iberians , Sauromatians , Taurians , and Scythians and to every region and city, on the Black Sea , both north and south." The version was adopted by

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2730-457: The first to adopt Christianity among the peoples which now inhabit the territories bordering Romania, conversion to Christianity until the third century (in the province of Dacia Traiana , dissolved c. 271/275 AD) playing a significant part in the ethnogenesis of the Romanians . Scholar Mircea Eliade argues in favor of structural links between Zamolxism and Christianity, thus suggesting

2795-545: The foundation of a great Christian city. Next, he is said to have journeyed north to the Slovenes near the future site of Veliky Novgorod , although he had a negative attitude towards their customs; then he visited Rome and returned to Sinope. Because of this connection to Kyiv and Novgorod, Andrew is considered to be the patron saint of the two East Slavic nations descended from the Kievan Rus : Ukraine and Russia ,

2860-401: The gospels, Andrew is referred to as being present on some important occasions as one of the disciples more closely attached to Jesus. Andrew told Jesus about the boy with the loaves and fishes, and when certain Greeks went to see Jesus, they came to Philip, but Philip then had recourse to Andrew. Andrew was present at the Last Supper . Andrew was one of the four disciples who came to Jesus on

2925-472: The hidden relics "to the ends of the earth" for protection. Wherever he was shipwrecked, he was to build a shrine for them. St. Rule set sail, taking with him a kneecap, an upper arm bone, three fingers and a tooth. He sailed west, towards the edge of the known world, and was shipwrecked on the coast of Fife, Scotland . However, the relics were probably brought to Britain in 597 as part of the Augustine Mission , and then in 732 to Fife, by Bishop Acca of Hexham ,

2990-430: The idea of early Christianisation (preceding the Edict of Milan ) is unsustainable. They take the idea to be a part of the ideology of protochronism , which they claim to purport that the Eastern Orthodox Church has been a companion and defender of the Romanian people for its entire history, aspect supposedly used for propaganda purposes during the communist era. Historians such as Ioan-Aurel Pop consider Romanians to be

3055-456: The island had been visited by King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden . Later during the Winter War of 1939–40 the island was bombed by the Soviet Union . The bombs were responsible for the sinking of the cargo ship SS Notung in 1940 just northeast of Sottunga. The population of Sottunga reached its peak in the 1920s with about 400 inhabitants from which it has gradually declined during the 20th century. Sottunga does not have many inhabitants and so

3120-410: The island has only one bank , one post office , one primary school and one healthcare center. Only 1.54 km (0.59 sq mi) is cultivated and commercial fishing is not practised anymore. The industry of the island is dominated by dairy products and the cultivation of sugar beet . The church of Sottunga was originally built in 1661. The modern church on the site was built in 1728 after

3185-435: The island of Södö there are old mines dating back to the 19th century. Only 1,700 tons of iron ore were ever mined between the years 1839 and 1847 when the mines were operating. [REDACTED] Media related to Sottunga at Wikimedia Commons Lumparland Lumparland is a municipality of Åland , an autonomous territory of Finland . It is the smallest municipality on mainland Åland. The municipality has

3250-434: The latter country using the Saint Andrew's Cross on its naval ensign . Several legends claim that the relics of Andrew were brought by divine guidance from Constantinople to the place where the modern Scottish town of St Andrews stands today ( Gaelic , Cill Rìmhinn ). The oldest surviving manuscripts are two: one is among the manuscripts collected by Jean-Baptiste Colbert and willed to Louis XIV of France , now in

3315-410: The main altar of the church was painted by Mattia Preti in 1687. Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Romania. The official stance of the Romanian Orthodox Church is that Andrew preached the Gospel in the province of Dobruja ( Scythia Minor ) to the Dacians who were similar to Thracians , whom he is said to have converted to Christianity. Such a tradition was however not widely acknowledged until

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3380-406: The martyrdom of Andrew — showing him bound to an X-shaped cross — does not appear to have been standardized until the later Middle Ages . The apocryphal Acts of Andrew , mentioned by Eusebius , Epiphanius and others, is among a disparate group of Acts of the Apostles that were traditionally attributed to Leucius Charinus but it shows several signs of a mid-2nd-century origin. It describes

3445-575: The monastery a holy place. As such, it is visited by many people for votive prayers. St. Andrew (Sant' Andrija) is the patron saint of Luqa . The patron saint's traditional feast is celebrated on the first Sunday of July, with the liturgical feast being celebrated on 30 November. A local niche dedicated to him is found in Luqa, which is two storeys high. The first reference regards the small chapel at Luqa dedicated to Andrew dates to 1497. This chapel contained three altars, one of them dedicated to Andrew. The painting showing Mary with Saints Andrew and Paul

3510-478: The one relic of Saint Andrew held in Vatican City be returned to Patras. Cardinal Augustin Bea , head of the Vatican's Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity , led a delegation that presented the skull to Bishop Constantine of Patras on 24 September 1964. The cross of Saint Andrew was taken from Greece during the Crusades by the Duke of Burgundy. It was kept in the church of St. Victor in Marseilles until it returned to Patras on 19 January 1980. The cross of

3575-456: The other boat … ) but it is not until the next chapter that Andrew is named as Simon's brother. However, it is generally understood that Andrew was fishing with Simon on the night in question. Matthew Poole , in his Annotations on the Holy Bible , stressed that 'Luke denies not that Andrew was there'. The Gospel of John states that Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist , whose testimony first led him, and another unnamed disciple of John

3640-502: The relics were originally in the collection of Acca, bishop of Hexham , who took them into Pictish country when he was driven from Hexham (c. 732), and founded a see, not, according to tradition, in Galloway , but on the site of St Andrews. According to legendary accounts given in 16th-century historiography, Óengus II in AD 832 led an army of Picts and Scots into battle against the Angles , led by Æthelstan , near modern-day Athelstaneford , East Lothian . The legend states that he

3705-403: The same house at Capernaum . In the Gospel of Matthew and in the Gospel of Mark Simon Peter and Andrew were both called together to become disciples of Jesus and "fishers of men". These narratives record that Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, observed Simon and Andrew fishing, and called them to discipleship. In the parallel incident in the Gospel of Luke Andrew

3770-404: The supposed travels of the title character, the miracles he performed during them, and finally a description of his martyrdom. Eusebius of Caesarea knew the work, which he dismissed as the product of a heretic and absurd. The Acts, as well as a Gospel of St Andrew , appear among rejected books in the Decretum Gelasianum connected with the name of Pope Gelasius I . Dennis MacDonald posits

3835-493: The theory that the non-canonical Acts of Andrew was a Christian retelling of Homer's Odyssey. Relics alleged to be those of the Apostle Andrew are kept at the Basilica of Saint Andrew in Patras , Greece ; in Amalfi Cathedral (the Duomo di Sant'Andrea), Amalfi and in Sarzana Cathedral in Sarzana , Italy ; St Mary's Cathedral , Edinburgh , Scotland ; and the Church of St Andrew and St Albert, Warsaw , Poland . There are also numerous smaller reliquaries throughout

3900-451: The world. Andrew's remains were preserved at Patras. According to one legend, Regulus (Rule), a monk at Patras, was advised in a dream to hide some of the bones. Shortly thereafter, most of the relics were transferred from Patras to Constantinople by order of the Roman emperor Constantius II around 357 and deposited in the Church of the Holy Apostles . Regulus was said to have had a second dream in which an angel advised him to take

3965-422: Was an apostle of Jesus . According to the New Testament , he was a fisherman and one of the Twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus. The title First-Called ( Πρωτόκλητος , Prōtoklētos ) stems from the Gospel of John , where Andrew, initially a disciple of John the Baptist , follows Jesus and, recognizing him as the Messiah , introduces his brother Simon Peter to him. According to Eastern Orthodox tradition,

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4030-399: Was built, dedicated to Saint Andrew, as is the town itself, to house a tomb in its crypt where it is maintained that most of the relics of the apostle, including an occipital bone, remain. Thomas Palaeologus was the youngest surviving son of Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos. Thomas ruled the province of Morea , the medieval name for the Peloponnese. In 1461, when the Ottomans crossed

4095-442: Was heavily outnumbered and hence whilst engaged in prayer on the eve of battle, Óengus vowed that if granted victory he would appoint Andrew as the patron saint of Scotland. On the morning of battle white clouds forming an X shape in the sky were said to have appeared. Óengus and his combined force, emboldened by this apparent divine intervention, took to the field and despite being inferior in numbers were victorious. Having interpreted

4160-399: Was painted by the Maltese artist Filippo Dingli. At one time, many fishermen lived in the village of Luqa, and this may be the main reason for choosing Andrew as patron saint. The statue of Andrew was sculpted in wood by Giuseppe Scolaro in 1779. This statue underwent several restoration works including that of 1913 performed by the Maltese artist Abraham Gatt. The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew on

4225-891: Was used as the flag of the Duchy of Burgundy, and after the duchy was acquired by Spain, by the Spanish Crown, and later as a Spanish naval flag and finally as an army battle flag up until 1843. Today, it is still a part of various Spanish military insignia and forms part of the coat of arms of the king of Spain. In Spain , Andrew is the patron of several locations: San Andrés ( Santa Cruz de Tenerife ), San Andrés y Sauces ( La Palma ), Navalmoral de la Mata ( Cáceres ), Éibar ( Gipuzkoa ), Baeza ( Jaén ), Pobladura de Pelayo García and Pobladura de Yuso ( León ), Berlangas de Roa ( Burgos ), Ligüerzana ( Palencia ), Castillo de Bayuela ( Toledo ), Almoradí ( Alicante ), Estella ( Navarra ), Sant Andreu de Palomar , ( Barcelona ), Pujalt ( Catalonia ), Adamuz ( Córdoba ) and San Andrés  [ es ] in Cameros ( La Rioja ). Andrew

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