How did a fisherman from Galilee become Scotland's patron saint?
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Scots celebrate St Andrew's Day every 30 November  but who was the country's patron saint and what are his ties to the homeland of Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Irn-Bru?Andrew was born in the village of Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee in 6 BC and was a fisherman by trade.He and his brother Peter became two of Jesus Christ's Twelve Apostles or fishers of men after they met the Messiah on the shoreline and were called to his side, according to the Gospel of Matthew.
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