Andrew of Crete (martyr)
For the archbishop of the same name, see Andrew of Crete.
Saint Andrew of Crete is a martyr of the Christian Church. A fervent iconophile, he was executed in the Forum Bovis of Constantinople at the orders of Emperor Constantine V in 766 or 767, during the Byzantine Iconoclasm.[1] His feast day is October 17. The monastery of St Andrew in Krisei in Constantinople, currently the Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque in Istanbul, was dedicated to him.[2] It should be noticed that according to modern sources,[3] the figure of Andrew of Crete, like those of many iconophile Saints lived under the iconoclastic period, is unverified.
References
Sources
- Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-14-051312-4.
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