Overview
- El Norte de Castilla lists Saint Andrew as the principal commemoration for Sunday, November 30, 2025.
- Tradition describes Andrew of Bethsaida as Peter’s brother, a fisherman, the first called by Jesus at the Jordan, and the one who brought Peter to him.
- After Pentecost he is said to have preached in Achaia and been crucified in Patras—traditionally on an X‑shaped cross—and he is honored as patron by the Church of Constantinople.
- The day’s roll also remembers Cuthbert Mayne, an English priest executed under Elizabeth I for publishing Apostolic Letters, along with San Constancio, San Euprepes, San Gálgano Guidotti, San Josberto, San José Marchand, Santa Justina, Santa Maura, San Mirocleto, and San Tadeo Liu Ruiting.
- The coverage explains that Spain’s practice of marking saints’ days is centuries old and that onomástica refers to celebrating the feast of a person’s namesake saint.