Collection: St. Andrew

ARTIST: Museum Religious Art Classics

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Artist: Pompeo Girolamo Batoni – c. 1740 – 1743

St. Andrew, also known as Andrew the Apostle, was a Christian Apostle and the older brother to St. Peter.

In the Gospel of Matthew, it is said Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee and saw Andrew and Simon Peter fishing. It is then he asked the two to become disciples and "fishers of men."

The Gospel of John tells a separate story, stating Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist. When Jesus walked by one day, John the Baptist stated, "Behold, the Lamb of God!" It is then that Andrew and another made the decision to follow Jesus.

His feast day is November 30.