St Andrews Day: Explained, a little

St Andrews Day is one of the most wellknown holidays in Scotland, with Scots and Scotsatheart celebrating Scotlands patron saint with celebrations across the land. Surprisingly, despite being Scotlands patron saint, St Andrew wasnt actually Scottish He was born in Bethsaida, Galilee (now known as Israel) but didnt become patron saint until the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320. Thats not all. St Andrew is actually the patron saint of Greece, Russia, Amalfi in Italy, and Barbados too. He is also pat