St. Andrew the Apostle (P 006) and His Shield Mug

Among his many patronages, St. Andrew is the national patron of Scotland. Here, a pensive St. Andrew, clad in a white robe and blue mantle, leans on a large, wooden x-shaped cross or saltire which was the instrument of his martyrdom c. 70. Behind St. Andrew is his Shield. Our St. Andrew’s Shield is based on the Scottish Flag. In the language of heraldry, the Scottish flag is blazoned blue (azure) with a silver (argent; usually rendered white) x-shaped cross (or saltire). + Feast: November 30 + Image Credit (P 006): Figure extracted from an antique image of St. Andrew the Apostle from a late 19th-century devotional print in chromoxylography, originally published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, New York, and Cincinnati. From the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Image Credit (St. Andrew’s Shield): Saints_Aplenty