Apostle Andrew (right) in Calling of Apostles Peter and Andrew by Ottavio Vannini
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| Name | Saint Andrew the Apostle | | Titles | Apostle, First-called | | Birth date | early 1st century AD | | Birth place | Bethsaida | | Death date | mid- to late 1st century AD | | Death place | Patras | | Venerated in | All Christianity | | Major shrine | Church of St Andreas at Patras, with his relics | | Feast | November 30 | | Attributes | Old man with long (in the East often untidy) white hair and beard, holding the Gospel Book or scroll, sometimes leaning on a saltire | | Patronage | Scotland, Ukraine, Russia, Sicily, Greece, Romania, Diocese of Parañaque, Philippines, Amalfi, Luqa (Malta) and Prussia; Diocese of Victoria, Army Rangers, mariners, fishermen, fishmongers, rope-makers, singers, golfers and performers |
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Saint Andrew ( ; early 1st century-mid to late 1st century AD), called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" (Greek: manly, brave, from ἀνδρεία, Andreia, "manhood, valour"), like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him. He is considered the founder and first bishop of the Church of Byzantium and is consequently the patron saint of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
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