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Andrew is said to have been martyred by crucifixion at Patras (Patrae) in Achaea. Though early texts describe Andrew bound, not nailed, to a Latin cross of the kind on which Christ was crucified, a tradition grew up that Andrew had been crucified on a cross of the form called <em>Crux decussata </em> (X-shaped cross) and commonly known as "St. Andrew's cross". The familiar iconography of his martyrdom, showing the apostle bound to an X-shaped cross, does not seem to have been standardized before the later Middle Ages. | Andrew is said to have been martyred by crucifixion at Patras (Patrae) in Achaea. Though early texts describe Andrew bound, not nailed, to a Latin cross of the kind on which Christ was crucified, a tradition grew up that Andrew had been crucified on a cross of the form called <em>Crux decussata </em> (X-shaped cross) and commonly known as "St. Andrew's cross". The familiar iconography of his martyrdom, showing the apostle bound to an X-shaped cross, does not seem to have been standardized before the later Middle Ages. | ||
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