St. Dismas was the repentant thief.
Saint Andrew, one of the twelve apostles, is traditionally believed to have been crucified on an X-shaped cross, known as a saltire. This cross is now known as the Saint Andrew's Cross and is used in the flag of Scotland.
It is Saint Patrick's cross and it represented Ireland, but now only Northern Ireland.
Yes, according to tradition, Saint Andrew was crucified in Greece on an X-shaped cross, which is now known as the Saint Andrew's Cross. He requested to be crucified in this way because he did not consider himself worthy to die in the same manner as Jesus.
Saint Andrew is known as one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and is often recognized as the patron saint of Scotland, Greece, and Russia. He is celebrated for being the first disciple called by Jesus and is traditionally associated with the fishing profession, as he was a fisherman before his calling. Andrew is also revered for his martyrdom, having been crucified on an X-shaped cross, which is now known as the Saint Andrew's Cross.
To save you Jesus died on the cross when no one believed he was are true god. Every one turned against him. So they hung him. Sad but true. He then died and sacrificed himself for you. Or we wouldn't be here right now. Then two days later on a holiday we now call Easter we arose from the dead. Which is now a national holiday called Easter.
Not yet :( It is now.
The cross was part of a Roman execution method called crucifixtion. It was possibly the most horrible way to die in history, as people hung there until they're lungs collaspsed in and they suffocated. it was literally torture. now the cross, which used to be a horrific symbol, has been turned into a symbol of love and kindness. this is because jesus died for you.
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Edith Stein - Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - was born October 12, 1891 at Breslaw, Dolnoslaskie, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland).
There is no patron saint of highways.
It is the flag of Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland The Flag is called the saltire, it represents the the cross St Andrew was hung on. Another version is that it was spotted in the sky east of Edinburgh shortly before a battle whose identity escapes me and adopted as their standard. It's seen in the sky a heck of a lot over Scotland now thanks to air travel. \ Battle of Rosslyn 1303
Saint Andrew was crucified by order of the Roman governor Aegeas, around the year 60 AD, in the city of Patras in Greece. He chose to be crucified on an X-shaped cross, now known as the St. Andrew's Cross, as he felt unworthy to die in the same manner as Jesus.