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The saints

St. Andrew

A fisherman who met Jesus and went straight to get his brother.

Feast: 30 November · 1st century · The early Church · Bethsaida, Galilee, and Patras, Greece

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Painting of St. Andrew bound to an X-shaped cross, surrounded by soldiers.

Juan Correa de Vivar, 1540. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

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The shore of the Sea of Galilee

Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist when John pointed at Jesus and called Him the Lamb of God.1

Andrew followed Him and spent the day with Him.2

The first thing he did afterward was find his brother Simon and bring him to Jesus.

Patron of fishermen2; Scotland, Greece and Russia2

01St. Andrew

The one who brings people

At the feeding of the five thousand, it was Andrew who noticed the boy with five loaves and two fish.3

When some Greeks wanted to see Jesus, Philip went to Andrew, and the two of them brought the request.4

02St. Andrew

Patras

Tradition says he preached in Greece and was crucified at Patras, and later legend says on an X-shaped cross.2

Live it this week

Bring one person to Jesus

Andrew’s gift was introductions: his brother, a boy with a lunch, a group of strangers. This week, invite one person you know to one specific thing, by name and with a time: Sunday Mass at 10, a parish dinner, adoration on Thursday.

Notes

How we know · 4 sources for this page
  1. John 1:36, World English Bible. read the chapter
  2. Franciscan Media, Saint of the Day: “Saint Andrew”. franciscanmedia.org. franciscanmedia.org
  3. John 6:9, World English Bible. read the chapter
  4. John 12:22, World English Bible. read the chapter

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