This apostle and martyr was the brother of St. Peter, and preached the Gospel to many Asiatic nations. On arriving at Edessa, the governor of the country, named Egeas, threatened him for preaching against the idols they worshiped. St. Andrew, persisting in the propagation of his doctrines, was ordered to be crucified, two ends of the cross being fixed transversely in the ground (in the shape of an X). He boldly told his accusers that he would not have preached the glory of the cross had he feared to die on it. And again, when they came to crucify him, he said that he coveted the cross, and longed to embrace it. He was fastened to the cross, not with nails, but cords, that his death might be more slow. In this situation he continued two days, preaching the greatest part of the time to the people, and expired on the 30 of November.
– Foxe’s Book of Martyrs