A Wikipedia article on Andrew the Apostle, recording that he is traditionally portrayed with a long forked beard, a cross and a book, and that a later medieval tradition holds he was crucified on an X-shaped cross, a crux decussata or saltire, now commonly called Saint Andrew's Cross.
Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
A crowd-edited tertiary reference, used here to confirm the forked beard, cross and book as Andrew's traditional artistic attributes, independently corroborated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's own catalogue naming an actual painting of Saint Andrew. Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle
Source Typeencyclopedia
Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names Andrew directly: "A Wikipedia article on Andrew the Apostle, recording that he is traditionally portrayed with a long forked beard, a cross and a book, and that a later medieval tradition holds he was crucified on an..."
Claims Backed By This Source (7 claims)
This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 1 claims: 1 holds.
Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.
View At A Past Year
The atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.