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"
Color Laser is a patent pending process, color is guaranteed to last forever
Color Medals can be worn in the pool, shower, etc.
without affecting the image. We guarantee it.
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.
