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	Carl Peterson, Scottish Folksinger: St Andrews Flag
		Andrew was a fisherman from Galilee, and went on to spread the Christian religion in Greece and Asia Minor.
		According to tradition, St. Andrew was put to death by the Romans in Patras, Southern Greece by being crucified on a diagonal cross.
		The diagonal shape of this cross is said to be the basis for the Cross of St. Andrew which appears on the Scottish Flag.
	www.carl-peterson.com /cpStAndrew.html (521 words)

	Saint Andrews: About
		Saint Andrews is a local congregation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
		Saint Andrews participates actively in the North Texas Area of the Christian Church.
		The symbol for the Christian Church (DOC) is the red chalice representing the cross of St. Andrew.
	www.e-sacc.org /about (823 words)

	Georgia State Flag - Saint Andrews Cross is a Christian symbol ...
		Saint Andrew was a missionary in Asia Minor and Greece, and possibly areas in modern Russia and Poland.
		According to the Acts of Alabama, 1895, the state flag was to be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white.
		The bars forming the cross were not to be less than six inches broad and must extend diagonally across the flag from side to side.
	www.spofga.org /Updates/2003/dec/southern_flags.phtml (1257 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of March 20
		Anastasius was the archimandrite (superior) of the laura (a cluster of hermitages) of Saint Sabas in Jerusalem.
		Saint Tuda was consecrated bishop in his place, while Eata was named abbot and Cuthbert prior of Lindisfarne, a small island joined to the coast at low tide.
		Sometimes styled either a saint or a beatae, Remigius was a son of Duke Hugh of Alsace and a nephew of Saint Ottilien.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0320.htm (6208 words)

	I am Saint Andrew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Saint Andrew, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ and the brother of Simon (later the apostle Peter).
		According to tradition, Andrew was crucified at Patras, in Achaea, on an X-shaped cross, the form of which became known as Saint Andrew's Cross.
		A white Saint Andrew's cross on a blue field is the national flag of Scotland.
	www.standrews-society.ca /notable_8.cfm (122 words)

	Saint Andrews and Edinburgh
		In 1496 James IV procured the nomination to St. Andrews first of his brother, the Duke of Ross, and, after his death (by an abuse too common in those times), of his own natural son, Alexander Stuart, a boy of sixteen.
		The Catholic Diocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh as defined in the Apostolic Letter "Ex Supremo Apostolatus Apice" of 4 March 1878, comprises the counties of Edinburgh, Berwick, Fife (southern part), Haddington, Linlithgow, Peebles, Roxburgh, Selkirk and (practically) Stirlingshire.
		The archi-episcopal residence is in Edinburgh, where is also the old cathedral of St. Andrews was wrecked by the Protestant mob (Knox's "rascal multitude") in 1559; and though efforts were made by the Protestant Archbishop Spottiswoode and others to restore it, it became a total ruin.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/s/saint_andrews_and_edinburgh.html (1410 words)

	Scotland: St. Andrew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Saint Andrew is the Patron Saint of Scotland, and St. Andrew's Day is celebrated by Scots around the world on the 30th November.
		The flag of Scotland is the Cross of St. Andrew, and this is widely displayed as a symbol of national identity.
		Andrew is said to have been responsible for spreading the tenets of the Christian religion though Asia Minor and Greece.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /home/scotland/standrew.html (696 words)

	Britannia Biographies: St. Andrew, Patron Saint of Scotland
		The national flag of Scotland is the Cross of St. Andrew, a white diagonal (X-shaped) cross on a blue background.
		Andrew was one of the original Twelve Apostles and a brother to St. Peter, both former fisherman called to follow Christ.
		One legend concerning St. Andrew is that when the Pictish King Angus, faced with a large invading army, prayed for divine guidance, a saltire (the diagonal cross) appeared in the shape of a white cloud against the blue sky.
	www.britannia.com /bios/saints/andrew.html (344 words)

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		Saint Andrew is said to have been responsible for spreading the tenets of the Christian religion through Asia Minor and Greece.
		The diagonal shape of this cross is said to be the basis for the Cross of Saint Andrew which appears on the Scottish flag.
		The saltire, or cross of Saint Andrew, became the Scottish national emblem in 750 AD and much later was adopted as the foundation for the Union Jack.
	www.saint-andrews-jax.com /index.html (509 words)

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		The Latin cross has the shape of an irregular dodecahedron with a single (vertical) line of symmetry, and can be folded up to make a cube.
		A cross of Saint Andrews is an ordinary Greek cross rotated through 45°, and is also called the crux decussata; it served as the basis for the multiplication sign.
		A cross of Saint Anthony takes the form of a capital T. The Maltese cross is an irregular dodecahedron whose cross pieces flange out from the center.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/C/cross.html (215 words)

	BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The meaning of Andrew, of Angus, and of Fergus is “strong” or “steady.” Saint Andrew was eventually recognized as the Patron Saint of Scotland.
		The Southern Cross or Confederate Battle Flag with its white trimmed blue diagonal on a red field is a descendent of the Scottish St. Andrews Cross.
		The saltire or diagonal cross is the signal feature of that symbolism and is connected with the Christianity of ages past and of the martyrdom of the Apostle Andrew.
	southernevents.org /beneath_the_southern_cross.htm (3912 words)

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		Saint Andrew was the first apostle of Jesus Christ.
		Saint Andrew was a missionary in Asia Minor and Greece, and possibly areas in modern Russia and Poland.
		The truth is, the St. Andrews cross flag has always been a symbol of independence, and defiance against tyranny.
	www.missouricsa.com /flyer (439 words)

	St Andrew and his Cross, Scottish History Online, Scotland - UK
		Andrew was believed to have been a missionary to Asia Minor and Greece, and was reportedly crucified by the Romans on an x-shaped cross at Patras, in 69 AD, as he did not feel worthy to be crucified on a cross like Christ was.
		The Cross of St. Patrick is a red saltire on a white background, and some in Northern Ireland today who advocate the province’s independence from Britain and the Republic of Ireland have adopted a flag that combines the Saint Andrew’s and Saint Patrick’s Cross.
		Russia uses a blue Saint Andrew’s Cross on a white field as a naval flag, as Andrew is also one of the patron saints of that country.
	www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk /saltire/saltire.html (1106 words)

	BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The meaning of Andrew, of Angus, and of Fergus is “strong” or “steady.” Saint Andrew was eventually recognized as the Patron Saint of Scotland.
		The Southern Cross or Confederate Battle Flag with its white trimmed blue diagonal on a red field is a descendent of the Scottish St. Andrews Cross.
		The saltire or diagonal cross is the signal feature of that symbolism and is connected with the Christianity of ages past and of the martyrdom of the Apostle Andrew.
	www.southernevents.org /beneath_the_southern_cross.htm (3912 words)

	Saint Andrew's Cross Spider
		St Andrew's Cross Spiders are named for their bright web decorations - zig-zag ribbons of bluish-white silk that form a full or partial cross through the centre of the orb web.
		The female suspends its pear-shaped egg sac in a network of threads, often among leaves where the sac's greenish silk disguises it.
		Despite this, the egg sacs are often the target of parasitic wasps and flies.
	www.austmus.gov.au /factsheets/st_andrews_cross.htm (590 words)

	Saint Andrew and St Andrews Day Trivia
		Saint Andrew was one of the twelve Christian Apostles of Jesus Christ.
		Andrew was buried in a tomb at Patras and 300 years later Emperor Constantine wanted to move his bones to Turkey, to bury them at a new church.
		The relics of Saint Andrew were taken to the city of Patras from where they were taken to Constantinople by order of the Roman emperor Constantius II in 357.
	www.uttertrivia.com /saintandrew.php (1969 words)

	St. Andrews Cross in gold
		St. Andrews cross Greek Orthodox Cross in gold.
		Some say that it calls to mind the "X" shaped cross that Andrew was crucified upon.
		The slant developed to suggest an isometric view of it, and was eventually lowered to suggest a footrest.
	www.patriotic-jewelry.com /cross-st-andrews-greek-orthodox.htm (306 words)

	Saint Andrews Cross - steel saint andrew's crosses
		Saint Andrews Cross - steel saint andrew's crosses
		We have a saint andrews cross design that is multi functional.
		The steel saint andrews cross center unit accepts wood and steel inserts.
	www.dungeonsteel.com /html/saint_cross.html (83 words)

	Saint Andrew - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Saint Andrew - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Andrew, Saint, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ and the brother of Simon (later the apostle Peter).
		Saint Andrews, burgh in central Scotland, in North East Fife District, Fife Region, on Saint Andrews Bay (an inlet of the North Sea).
	encarta.msn.com /Saint_Andrew.html (108 words)

	True Georgia State Flag is based on a Christian symbol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		According to the Acts of Alabama, 1895, the state flag was to be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white.
		The bars forming the cross were not to be less than six inches broad and must extend diagonally across the flag from side to side.
		The St. Andrews cross, a Christian symbol, the symbol of truth, honor, courage, and defiance against tyranny, and is never ending, ask a Jamaican.
	www.electmikecrane.org /elect/senate/flag/christian_symbol.phtml (1222 words)

	The TRUTH About The Confederate Battle Flag
		So he talked his prosecutor and persecutor into crucifying him on the X shaped cross instead of having his hands nailed to the cross as Christ was.
		The national flag of Scotland is the cross of Saint Andrew and the cross of Saint Andrew is a symbol of the Christian faith and the heritage of the Celtic race.
		The Saint Andrews cross is also known as the Greek letter CHIA (KEE) and has historically been used to represent Jesus Christ.
	www.patriotvocals.info /TRUTHConfederateBattleFlag.htm (6858 words)

	Saint Andrew's Cross Spider
		St Andrew's Cross Spiders are named for their bright web decorations - zig-zag ribbons of bluish-white silk that form a full or partial cross through the centre of the orb web.
		The female suspends its pear-shaped egg sac in a network of threads, often among leaves where the sac's greenish silk disguises it.
		Despite this, the egg sacs are often the target of parasitic wasps and flies.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/st_andrews_cross.htm (590 words)

	Scotland / St. Andrews Cross Flag
		This 2' X 3' flag of Scotland with St. Andrews Cross is authentically reproduced with special attention to detail and durability.
		This 3' X 5' flag of Scotland with St. Andrews Cross is authentically reproduced with special attention to detail and durability.
		This 4' X 6' flag of Scotland with St. Andrews Cross is authentically reproduced with special attention to detail and durability.
	www.njflags.com /scstancrfl.html (366 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of April 2
		Saint Abundius, a Greek priest, was consecrated bishop of Como in northern Italy.
		Saint Sacerdos and governed the church of Lyons faithfully for 22 years, despite all he bad things that it is possible to say about him, and despite his violent temperament.
		Saint Urban was nominated as the sixth bishop of Langres in 374.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0402.htm (4563 words)

	Saint Andrew's Cross LOL No. 1638
		Saint Andrew's Cross LOL 1638 was formed in the Spring of 2000 by a number of Orangemen from Springfield, Missouri.
		The Saint Andrew's Cross is one of the oldest national flags of all, dating back at least to the 12th century.
		The Saint Andrew's Cross, or Saltire, was the flag of the Covenanters, Scottish Presbyterians who fought and died for their unwavering commitment to their religious beliefs.
	www.geocities.com /sonsofulster/standrewscross.html (320 words)

	Word Around the Net: LOSING GEORGE'S CROSS?
		It is the cross of st. George that was the flag of England for years, a simple red cross on a white field.
		It was only in 1707 when the cross of Saint Andrews was added to the flag to symbolize Scotland's joining with England to unify the isle that resulted in the familiar Union Jack of today (the union being Wales, Scotland, and England united, jack being flag).
		The saint became an English hero during the crusades against the Muslim armies that captured Jerusalem in the 11th century.
	networdblog.blogspot.com /2006/07/losing-georges-cross.html (1722 words)

	Saint Andrew the Apostle
		Andrew was the son of Jonah or John, born in Bethsaida of Galilee, and the brother of Simon Peter.
		The legend of Rule or Regulus was strong, and the eleventh century tower of St Rule, the earliest Roman church in St Andrews, still sits extant in the Cathedral grounds, and alongside the ruins of the contemporary Culdee Church of St Mary of the Rock.
		The x-shaped St Andrews cross, known as 'the saltire' from the French origin of the word, and also from the Latin crux decussata is thus said to date from the eighth century.
	www.standrewsdayrally.com /standrew.html (2793 words)

	St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
		Another long-standing tradition says his mother was the Irish princess Saba, who left Cuthbert in the care of a poor widow named Kenswith while she went on pilgrimage to Rome, but she died during the journey and never saw him again.
		The Venerable Bede wrote two vitae of the saint and presumes his English birth, speculating that Cuthbert was born of lowly parentage in the neighborhood of Mailros (Melrose), because he used to tend sheep on the mountainside near that monastery.
		Bede wrote of his preaching that "Cuthbert had such a light in his angelic face, and such a love for proclaiming his Good News, that none hid their innermost secrets from him." His devotion to the Mass was such that he could not celebrate without tears.
	allsaintsbrookline.org /celtic/saints/cuthbert.html (1233 words)

	Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Needlepoint work
		Over the earthly ships is the red cross of Saint George within a silver background symbolizing the beneficence of God and the ministration of the Anglican, Virginia and American Episcopal Churches.
		A red cross on a white field is the cross of Saint George and indicates our descent from the Church of England.
		The nine cross crosslets symbolize the nine original dioceses and the colors red, white, and blue represent our country and stand for the American branch of the Anglican Communion.
	www.emmanuel.thediocese.net /hassocks.html (1419 words)

	Catholic jewelry of diamond religious cross jewelry
		While the cross has always been the most important Christian symbol, it was not openly used as such until the 4th century A.D. Early Christians feared persecution for their faith, and so developed several symbols that were not easily recognized as Catholic jewelry in order to recognize each other.
		Protestant churches use a Latin cross left blank to symbolize the Resurrection, the Catholic Church uses the crucifix to symbolize the sacrifice of Jesus.
		The tradition of wearing Saint medallions is derived from the pagan practice of wearing talismans depicting their gods as a form of protection.
	www.outletjeweler.com /catholic_jewelry.htm (781 words)

	Cross Rocks
		The legend of "fairy crosses" have come down through history from the first meeting of John Smith and Pocahontas, which states that the Indian Princess gave John Smith a good luck charm necklace made out of a "fairy cross".
		One states that "staurolite" or "fairy crosses" are the tears of the Cherokee, who wept over the loss of their homeland during the exodus on the "Trail of Tears".
		The second is the Saint Andrews' Cross, a more common find, with the angled line through the cross instead of a horizontal line.
	www.littlefallsmn.com /CrossRocks.php (541 words)

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