Which St. Andrew? Every Saint Named Andrew

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Which St. Andrew? 12 saints and blesseds named Andrew have full entries in this encyclopedia. They are listed below with their dates, feast days and a line on who each one was, beginning with the first century and then century by century.

A name carries a story, and many holy men and women have carried this one. Whether you are choosing a baptismal or confirmation name, looking for the saint behind a parish or a feast, or simply trying to tell one St. Andrew from another, we hope this page helps you find the right one, and that you will ask that saint's prayers along the way. Among the best loved are St. Andrew the Apostle, St. Andrew Kim Taegon and Blessed Andrew of Phú Yên.

The apostles and the first century

  • St. Andrew the Apostle died c. 60 · Feast day November 30

    St. Andrew was a fisherman from Bethsaida, the first apostle to follow Jesus, so the Eastern Church calls him the "First-Called." He brought his brother Simon Peter to Jesus.

4th century

  • St. Andrew Stratelates died c. 300 · Feast day August 19

    St. Andrew Stratelates ("the Commander") was a Roman officer in Syria under Maximian who, though not yet baptized, led his outnumbered soldiers against the Persians calling on Christ, and won.

8th century

  • St. Andrew of Crete c. 660–740 · Feast day July 4

    St. Andrew of Crete (about 660 to 740) was a monk of Jerusalem from Damascus who became archbishop of Gortyna in Crete and one of the Church's great hymn writers.

9th century

  • St. Andrew the Scot died c. 877 · Feast day August 22

    St. Andrew the Scot (died about 877) was an Irishman who followed his teacher St. Donatus to Italy.

10th century

  • St. Andrew of Constantinople died 936 · Feast day May 28

    St. Andrew of Constantinople, called Andrew the Fool for Christ, was a slave from Scythia who lived as a holy fool, hiding a life of prayer behind madness.

14th century

  • St. Andrew Corsini 1302–1373 · Feast day January 6

    St. Andrew Corsini (1302–1373) was a Florentine nobleman who ran wild as a youth, then became a Carmelite friar, a preacher known as the Apostle of Florence, and Bishop of Fiesole.

16th century

  • St. Andrew Wouters c. 1542–1572 · Feast day July 9

    St. Andrew Wouters (about 1542 to 1572), parish priest of Heinenoord, was one of the 19 Martyrs of Gorkum, hanged by Calvinist rebels on July 9, 1572, for refusing to deny the Real Presence and the authority of the pope.

17th century

  • St. Andrew Avellino 1521–1608 · Feast day November 10

    St. Andrew Avellino (1521–1608) was a priest-lawyer of Naples who gave up the law after telling a small lie in court, joined the Theatine order and spent fifty years as a confessor, preacher and reformer.

  • Blessed Andrew of Phú Yên c. 1625–1644 · Feast day July 26

    Blessed Andrew of Phú Yên (about 1625–1644) was a young Vietnamese catechist who was put to death for refusing to give up Christ.

19th century

  • St. Andrew Fournet 1752–1834 · Feast day May 13

    St. Andrew Fournet (André-Hubert Fournet, 1752–1834) was a French parish priest of Poitou who refused the Revolution's oath, said Mass in hiding, and afterward founded the Daughters of the Cross with St. Elizabeth…

  • St. Andrew Kim Taegon 1821–1846 · Feast day September 20

    St. Andrew Kim Taegon (1821 to 1846) was the first Korean-born priest.

  • St. Andrew Kaggwa c. 1856–1886 · Feast day June 3

    St. Andrew Kaggwa was the bandmaster of King Mwanga of Buganda and a catechist who brought many at court to the faith.

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