Back اندرو اوف كريت ARZ Andreu de Creta Catalan Ondřej Krétský Czech Andreas von Kreta German Ανδρέας Κρήτης Greek Andrés de Creta Spanish آندرئاس ون کرت FA Andreas Kreetalainen Finnish André de Crète (hymnographe) French Krétai Szent András Hungarian
Andrew of Crete | |
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| Archbishop of Crete Venerable Father | |
| Born | c. 650 Damascus |
| Died | July 4, 712 or 726 or 740 Mytilene |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Catholic Church Eastern Catholicism |
| Feast | July 4 |
| Attributes | Vested as a bishop, holding a Gospel Book or scroll, with his right hand raised in blessing. Iconographically, Saint Andrew is depicted with a full head of grey hair and a long, tapering grey beard. |
Andrew of Crete (Greek: Ἀνδρέας Κρήτης, c. 650 – July 4, 712 or 726 or 740), also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was an 8th-century bishop, theologian, homilist,[1] and hymnographer. He is venerated as a saint in both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church.
- ^ A list of forty of his discourses, together with twenty-one edited sermons, is given in Patrologia Graeca, XCVII, 801-1304.