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Happy St Andrew’s Day 30 Nov
St. Andrew’s Day (‘Là Naomh Anndrais’ in Scottish Gaelic) is Scotland’s National Day.
St. Andrew’s Day is the feast day of Saint Andrew. The day is celebrated annually on November 30th, as this is the generally accepted date of St. Andrew’s death in 60 AD.
St Andrew’s martyrdom occurred when he was crucified on a diagonally transversed cross which the Romans sometimes used for executions and which, therefore, came to be called St. Andrew’s cross. It is said that Andrew could have been crucified on a standard cross, but didn’t see himself as worthy enough to die in the same manner as Jesus.
So how did a citizen of Galilee become the national patron saint of Scotland? Around the middle of the 10th century, legend states that a monk called Regulus (St. Rule) brought the relics of Andrew (his kneecap, arm and fingerbone) from Constantinople to the small coastal village of Kilrymont - where the modern town of St Andrews stands today.
St Andrew’s Day celebrations in Scotland are thought to date back to the 11th century and the reign of Malcolm III, who moved the Samhain festival (Halloween) to coincide with the 30th of November in order to ensure enough animals were kept alive for winter stocks.
Legend says that the Pictish King Oengus I built a monastery in Kilrymont to house the relics. St Andrew was made the patron saint of Scotland after the king’s descendant, Oengus II, prayed to St Andrew on the eve of a crucial battle against English warriors from Northumberland, around 20 miles east of Edinburgh.
Heavily outnumbered, Oengus II told St Andrew that he would become the patron saint of Scotland if he were granted victory. On the day of the battle, clouds are said to have formed a saltire in the sky, and Oengus’s army of Picts and Scots were victorious.
The Saltire flag - a white cross on a blue background - is said to have come from this divine intervention and has been used to represent Scotland since 1385.
BTW- Watson is a name with Scottish origins. So Kiltlock is not a figment of fan fic imagination. I can see John celebrating on the 30th of November.
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