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<p> a Scottish prelate, became bishop OF ORKNEY in 1478, and was witness to a charter of Roslin's in 1491. He obtained from king Henry VII of [[England]] letters of safe-conduct for himself and twelve persons in his retinue in 1494, and was still bishop in 1501. See Keith, Scottish Bishops, p. 222. </p>
<p> saint and martyr, a tribune, who, together with many soldiers whom he had converted, suffered martyrdom about A.D. 297, under Galerius Maximianus, in [[Cilicia]] or Armenia. They are commemorated by the Greek and Roman churches Aug. 19. Their acts given by Surius and Metaphrastes are spurious. See Baillet, Aug. 19. </p>


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<ref name="term_19649"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/andrew+(7) Andrew from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_19650"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/andrew+(3) Andrew from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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saint and martyr, a tribune, who, together with many soldiers whom he had converted, suffered martyrdom about A.D. 297, under Galerius Maximianus, in Cilicia or Armenia. They are commemorated by the Greek and Roman churches Aug. 19. Their acts given by Surius and Metaphrastes are spurious. See Baillet, Aug. 19.

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