We use local storage to store your consent ... This is why the Scottish flag has the X-shaped cross on it, as it is St Andrew's symbol. Mythology claims that it goes back further than that.

The apostle Andrew was martyred. He died nailed to a cross. His desire to be identified with Christ was so great that when he was being led toward the place of his martyrdom, and saw his own cross ...

Parts of St Andrew’s relics - or physical remains - and pieces of wood believed to have been from the cross he died on are kept in the cathedral in Patras, the Greek city where he was crucified ...