All Religious Medals are Customizable. We can change the spelling, your language, names etc,
ex:
change "Pray for Us" to "Pray For Me". Just let us know in "special instructions"
if you would like it for a charm bracelet, request a split ring instead of a bail in the
"special
instructions"
The New Testament records that St Andrew was a son of Jonah, or John. He was born in Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee.
Both he and his brother Peter were fishermen by trade, hence the tradition that Jesus called them to be his disciples
by
saying that He will make them "fishers of men." At the beginning of Jesus' public life they occupied the same house
at
Capernaum.
The Gospel of John teaches that Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist, whose testimony first led him and John the
Evangelist to follow Jesus. Andrew at once recognized Jesus as the Messiah, and hastened to introduce him to his
brother. Thenceforth the two brothers were disciples of Christ. On a subsequent occasion, prior to the final call to
the
apostolate, they were called to a closer companionship, and then they left all things to follow Jesus.
In the gospels Andrew is referred to as being present on some important occasions as one of the disciples more
closely
attached to Jesus, but in Acts there is only a bare mention of him.
Andrew is said to have been martyred by crucifixion at Patras (Patrae) in Achaea. Though early texts, such as the
Acts
of Andrew known to Gregory of Tours, describe Andrew bound, not nailed, to a Latin cross of the kind on which Christ
was
crucified, a tradition grew up that Andrew had been crucified on a cross of the form called Crux decussata (X-shaped
cross) and commonly known as "St. Andrew's cross"; this was performed at his own request, as he deemed himself
unworthy
to be crucified on the same type of cross on which Christ was crucified. "The familiar iconography of his martyrdom,
showing the apostle bound to an X-shaped cross, does not seem to have been standardized before the later Middle
Ages,"
Judith Calvert concluded after re-examining the materials studied by Louis Rau.
Item can be engraved with message, names, dates or monogram.
Engraving doesn't delay your shipment.
Available in Yellow Gold Plated &14K Yellow or White Gold, or Sterling Silver
Is a Chain Included? You can choose which chain to add to your order when checking out
Pendant Bail - fits up to 4mm chain. We can make bail larger, just let us know in the special instructions upon ordering
All Sterling Silver is protected with a tarnish resistance to help it last for years without tarnishing.
