Category:Andrew (subject)

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Andrew (1st century CE) is one of the Twelve apostles of Jesus of Nazareth, and the brother of Peter.

Biography

According to the Gospel of John, Andrew was a former disciple of John the Baptist. The Christian tradition made Andrew a preacher in Asia Minor and in Scythia, and the founder of the See of Byzantium. It also tells of his martyrdom on a X-shaped cross at Patras, Greece.

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