Observed with festivities and traditional fare, the day commemorates St. Andrew's missionary work and martyrdom on an X-shaped cross, which inspired Scotland's flag, the Saltire. While a bank ...

the country’s Scottish connections continue to be important there - its coat of arms shows a pair of crossed sugar canes as a reference to the saltire, the X-shaped cross that St Andrew was ...

Therefore, Andrew was crucified on a diagonal cross on November 30, 60AD, and this X-shaped cross is the symbol of Scotland’s Saltire flag which commemorates his final day. By 1320, Saint Andrew ...