St. Andrew's Cross

Saint Andrew's cross or Andrew Cross may refer to:

  • Crux decussata, one of several shapes of the Crucifix in Christian imagery.
  • Saltire, X-shaped cross in heraldry and vexillology. St. Andrew's Cross usually refers to following specific flags:
    • Flag of Scotland, white saltire on a blue field
    • Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America, blue and white saltire on a red field
    • Russian Navy Ensign, blue saltire on a white field
  • Saint Andrew's Cross (BDSM), X-shaped cross in BDSM dungeons
  • St. Andrew's cross (philately), an otherwise blank area on a sheet of stamps, which is printed with a cross
  • St Andrew's Cross spider
  • Multiplication sign
  • Andrew Cross Award for UK religious journalism

Famous quotes containing the words andrew and/or cross:

    Saint Andrews crosse, that is his guide;
    —Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton. . .

    English and Scottish Ballads (The Poetry Bookshelf)

    How have I been able to live so long outside Nature without identifying myself with it? Everything lives, moves, everything corresponds; the magnetic rays, emanating either from myself or from others, cross the limitless chain of created things unimpeded; it is a transparent network that covers the world, and its slender threads communicate themselves by degrees to the planets and stars. Captive now upon earth, I commune with the chorus of the stars who share in my joys and sorrows.
    Gérard De Nerval (1808–1855)