Andrew of Crete | |
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| Archbishop of Crete Venerable Father | |
| Born | c. 650 Damascus |
| Died | July 4, 712 or 726 or 740 Mytilene |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Catholic Church Eastern Catholicism |
| Feast | July 4 |
| Attributes | Vested as a bishop, holding a Gospel Book or scroll, with his right hand raised in blessing. Iconographically, Saint Andrew is depicted with a full head of grey hair and a long, tapering grey beard. |
Andrew of Crete (Greek: Ἀνδρέας Κρήτης, c. 650 – July 4, 712 or 726 or 740), also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was an 8th-century bishop, theologian, homilist,[1] and hymnographer. He is venerated as a saint in both the Eastern Orthodoxy and the Catholic Church.
- ^ A list of forty of his discourses, together with twenty-one edited sermons, is given in Patrologia Graeca, XCVII, 801-1304.