Sacred Scripture tells us that Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was a fisherman and that he was also a disciple of Saint John the Baptist.Andrew is often called the Protoclete—the “First-Called”—because he is remembered as the first of the Apostles to have said “yes” to Jesus’ invitation to follow. The Gospel of John also tells us that after Andrew heard John the Baptist call Jesus “the Lamb of God,” he introduced his brother to Jesus (cf. John 1:36-40).Andrew demonstrated his faith when he b

Peter was imprisoned in Jerusalem and later in Rome. The chains that bound him in Jerusalem were saved and venerated early on. Those chains eventually made it to Rome and into the hands of Pope Leo I. Pope Leo had in his possession the chains that bound Peter before he was crucified upside down (notice all the upside down crosses?). When he placed the chains beside each other, they miraculously fused together and are now directly below the altar in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli, whose dedi