| The saltire is counterchanged to combine it with the saltire of St. Andrew. |
| Legend has it that St Andrew was martyred by the Romans on a saltire cross at Patras in Greece. |
| The smooth concrete of the distinctly Kahnian vaults is impressed with a pattern of abstract saltire crosses created using basic rubber moulds. |
| What has made him invulnerable as patron saint, however, is his saltire symbol on our flag, the sign of our nationhood. |
| The saltire or saltier is more frequently to be met with in Scottish than in English heraldry. |
| The division of the shield by the saltire partition lines evokes the Greek letter chi, the initial letter of the name of Christ in Greek. |
