Saint Andrews Church in Laverstock
The three roads dedicated to Saint Andrew are in different parts of the Salisbury area.
St Andrews in Laverstock
St Andrews in Laverstock is named after Saint Andrew’s Church in Church Road, Laverstock, which is nearby. Part of St Andrews is also alongside the village hall, which I think is actually called St Andrews Hall.
St Andrews in Bemerton
St Andrews Road in Bemerton is named after the Saint Andrew’s Church in Bemerton which is at the junction of Lower Road and Church Lane.
Saint Andrew’s Church is most famous for being the Church where the poet George Herbert worked from 1630 until his death in 1633.Bemerton: George Herbert
St Andrews Close in Wilton
St Andrews Close in Wilton is perhaps named after a church that used to be at the junction of West Street and South Street Wilton – Churches and Protestant nonconformity | British History Online. It is one of a number of roads that are close to or leading off of Bulbridge Road which are named after saints. The others are St Nicholas Close, St Peters Close, St Marys Close and St Ediths Close
More than one Saint Andrew
There are at least three Saint Andrews.
Saint Andrew the apostle is the most well-known. He was the brother of Peter. After Jesus’ death he reputedly travelled to Greece. He was martyred on an ‘X’ shaped cross – according to legend he took three days to die, but he continued to preach for all of this time Thomas J. Craughwell. This Saint’s for You!: 300 Heavenly Allies Who Will Change Your Life, Quirk Books,US (1 Nov 2007). ISBN 978-1594741845. He is traditionally depicted with messy grey hair, often with the ‘X’ shaped cross, known as a ‘saltire’Taylor, Richard (2003). How to Read a Church: A Guide to Images, Symbols and Meanings in Churches and Cathedrals. Rider & Co. ISBN-10 1844130533.
Saint Andrew Avellino is the patron saint of stroke victims. He was a Sicilian saint who lived from 1521 until 1608, when he died of a stroke. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia he was ‘a great lover of chastity’ – in attempting to reform a convent near Naples he was attacked by
Certain wicked men who were accustomed to have clandestine meetings with the nuns …. and one night he was assaulted and severely wounded
. He was taken to a hospital run by the Order of Theatines, which he subsequently joined.Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/St. Andrew Avellino – Wikisource
Saint Andrew Corsini was a Bishop of Fiesole, near Florence in the fourteenth century – the time of the feuds between the Pazzi and the Medici. He was credited with ending some of the conflict Thomas J. Craughwell. This Saint’s for You!: 300 Heavenly Allies Who Will Change Your Life, Quirk Books,US (1 Nov 2007). ISBN 978-1594741845. The Catholic Encyclopedia says that he was a thaumaturgus – a miracle worker.
