In the New Testament story of the feeding of the five thousand, it was Andrew who introduced the boy with five loaves and two small fishes to Jesus.
After the resurrection Andrew spread the word, travelling north to Scythia, the southern steppes of Russia. He was martyred in Patras in Greece, on the orders of a Roman governor during the reign of the Emperor Nero. Andrew was crucified on an X-shaped cross on 30 November, 60 AD.