- He was a fisherman and one of Jesus' first Apostles.
- He was sentenced to death by crucifixion by the Romans in Greece, but asked to be crucified on a diagonal cross as he felt he wasn't worthy to die on the same shape of cross as Jesus.
- This diagonal cross is now used on the Scottish flag - the Saltire.
- Records suggest Scotland adopted St Andrew as the patron saint by the year AD 1000.
- In 1286, the Seal of the Guardians of Scotland (used to authenticate legal documents and communications) had a representation of St Andrew on his X-shaped cross.
- In 1390, St Andrew first appeared as a national symbol on a coin of the realm, a five-shilling piece minted during the reign of Robert III.

Les ruines de la cathédrale de St Andrews, Fife
History of St Andrew
We don't know exactly how he came to be our patron saint, bu t here's what we do know.