Sunday, 24 April 2016
WAS ST. ANDREW OF SCOTLAND THE PATRON SAINT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING?
HISTORY OF ST. ANDREW
Saint Andrew (who is believed to have later preached around the shores of the Black Sea), was an agile and hardy Galilean fisherman whose name means Strong and who also had good social skills. He brought the first foreigners to meet Jesus and shamed a large crowd of people into sharing their food with the people beside them. Today we might describe him as the Patron Saint of Social Networking!
A totally different story tells of Acca, the Bishop of Hexham, a renown collector of relics, who brought the relics of St. Andrew to that church in 733.
ACCA OF HEXHAM
BATTLE OF ATHELSTANEFORD
According to legend, King Hungus (ANGUS) of the Picts defeated the Angles in 832 AD
at Athelstaneford in what is now East Lothian in Scotland, He was overwhelmed by a blinding light the night before the battle and, during the night, had a dream. The message he was given was that he would see a Cross in the sky and would conquer his enemies in its name.