A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 59
ned to Jerusalem, and after visitingGreece came to Patras, a city of Achaia. Here,among many others he converted Maximilla,wife of JEgeus, the proconsul. He also per-suaded her to make a public confession, whichso enraged her husband, that he condemnedSt. Andrew to be scourged and crucified.… … (Peter Vischer.)St. Andrew. ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 43 rather than nailp. Wlieu he approached his cross, he adored iv aahaving been sanctified by Jesus. He was gloriously triumphant inhis death. In the fourth century, a part of the relics of St. Andrewwere taken to Scotland, since when he has been the…
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