<P> Andrew is said to have been martyred by crucifixion at the city of Patras ( Patræ ) in Achaea . Early texts , such as the Acts of Andrew known to Gregory of Tours , describe Andrew as bound , not nailed , to a Latin cross of the kind on which Jesus is said to have been crucified ; yet a tradition developed that Andrew had been crucified on a cross of the form called crux decussata ( X-shaped cross , or `` saltire '' ) , now commonly known as a `` Saint Andrew 's Cross '' -- supposedly at his own request , as he deemed himself unworthy to be crucified on the same type of cross as Jesus had been . The iconography of the martyrdom of Andrew -- showing him bound to an X-shaped cross -- does not appear to have been standardized until the later Middle Ages . </P>
<P> Andrew is said to have been martyred by crucifixion at the city of Patras ( Patræ ) in Achaea . Early texts , such as the Acts of Andrew known to Gregory of Tours , describe Andrew as bound , not nailed , to a Latin cross of the kind on which Jesus is said to have been crucified ; yet a tradition developed that Andrew had been crucified on a cross of the form called crux decussata ( X-shaped cross , or `` saltire '' ) , now commonly known as a `` Saint Andrew 's Cross '' -- supposedly at his own request , as he deemed himself unworthy to be crucified on the same type of cross as Jesus had been . The iconography of the martyrdom of Andrew -- showing him bound to an X-shaped cross -- does not appear to have been standardized until the later Middle Ages . </P>
who was crucified on an x shaped cross
who was crucified on an x shaped cross
Andrew
Andrew