ST. ANDREW’S DAY.
SCOTLAND’S PATRON SAINT. To-day was observed as St. Andrew’s Day, in honour of the patron saint of Scotland. Formerly, until the Revolution, St. Andrew was also the patron saint of Russia. He had been held in great veneration there as the Apostle who, according to tradition, had first preached the Gospel in that country. One of the noblest orders in Russia, that of the Order of St. Andrew, was founded by Peter the Great in 1698, and was reserved for members of the Royal Family and those of the highest nobility. About the year 740, St. Andrew became the patron saint of Scotland, and the Cross of St. Andrew (a white saltire on a blue ground) had been from an early date adopted as th» national banner of Scotland. It is now combined with the crosses of St. George and St. Patrick in the Union Jack. The history of St. Andrew’s adoption as the saint of Scotland is shrouded in the mists of tradition. According to several legends, the relics of St. Andrew were brought under supernatural guidance from Constantinople to the place where St. Andrews now stands (formerly the Pictish “Muchross” and Gaelic “Kilrymont”).
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 311, 30 November 1936, Page 6
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198ST. ANDREW’S DAY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 311, 30 November 1936, Page 6
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