St Andrew's Day · Ruz-e Sant Andru

Culture of origin: Christian · Cultural

Holiday sources: Australia (national) · Canada (federal) · Christianity · Eastern Orthodox (new calendar) · France · Germany (nationwide) · United Kingdom (England and Wales) · United States (federal)

St Andrew's Day honours the apostle Andrew, Peter's brother, who by tradition was crucified on an X-shaped cross, the saltire on Scotland's flag. He is the patron saint of Scotland, where the day is the national day and, since 2007, a bank holiday, and of Romania and Ukraine. Scots mark it with ceilidhs, traditional dancing and Scottish food. In Romania it has been a public holiday since 2015; Andrew is the patron saint of the Romanian Orthodox Church.