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Andrew was crucified for preaching the Gospel in Greece.
AnswerHistorically we know nothing about Saint Andrew, where he travelled and where or how he died. However various Christian traditions, mainly from the third century and later, have him travelling to Achaia Bithynia, Byzantium, Cappadocia, Galatia, Georgia, Macedonia, Romania, Scythia, Ukraine. In other words, anywhere that pious Christians might have wanted to be associated with a true disciple from the distant past. In some of these locations, he would have met the Apostle Paul, who wrote about Peter a number of times but never mentioned Andrew. Therefore, Andrew probably never travelled where Paul went, and even the legend of his crucifixion is very much in doubt. The legend is that he felt unworthy to be crucified like Jesus and so asked to be crucified on an X-shaped cross, but this story is too suspiciously similar to the legend of Peter's crucifixion to be plausible.We do not know whether Andrew was crucified, but the various traditions all say that he was crucified for preaching Christianity to pagans.
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When did St. Andrew become a martyr?
St. Andrew, the first apostle, was crucified on an X shaped cross in Greece. We do not know the date but it was probably in the middle to late first century.
When did St. Andrew die and live?
There are no records of when Andrew was born or when he died. He was probably about the same age as Jesus and was crucified in Greece probably in the middle of the first century.
Who killed Saint Andrew?
Andrew was crucified by Roman soldiers in Greece.
What is St. Andrew famous for?
Andrew was the first person called by Our Lord to become an apostle. He preached the Gospel in Asia Minor, Greece and, possibly, in Russia. He was crucified in Greece on an x-shaped cross.
Why did Saint Andrew die?
There are few consistently agreed Christian traditions about the life and death of Saint Andrew after the founding of the Christian Church. He is said to have been martyred by crucifixion at Patras in Achaea, on the orders of the Roman governor. If this tradition is historical, no particular reason for his execution is known. Suffice to say that there is no reliable evidence that Andrew was even executed at all.Early texts, such as the Acts of Andrew, describe Andrew bound to a cross of the kind on which Christ was crucified, but a later tradition grew up that Andrew had been crucified on an X-shaped cross, commonly known as Saint Andrew's Cross, at his own request because he was unworthy to be crucified on the same type of cross on which Christ was crucified. This tradition is suspiciously similar to the tradition that his brother, Peter, also said he was unworthy to be crucified on the same type of cross on which Christ was crucified.
