Cross of Saint Andrew

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Christian cross heraldic symbol national flag national symbol of Scotland

The Cross of Saint Andrew is a diagonal white saltire on a blue field that serves as the national flag of Scotland and a key component of the United Kingdom’s Union Flag.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Cross of Saint Andrew canonical 3
Saint Andrew's Cross 3
St. Andrew's cross 2

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian cross ⓘ
heraldic symbol ⓘ
national flag ⓘ
national symbol of Scotland ⓘ
appearsIn Scottish heraldry ⓘ
appearsOn Scottish government buildings ⓘ
Scottish sports team flags ⓘ
associatedWith Presbyterian tradition in Scotland ⓘ
Scottish nationalism ⓘ
componentOf Union Flag ⓘ
surface form: Union Jack
culturalSignificance symbol of Scottish identity ⓘ
dateOfOfficialRecognition by late Middle Ages (approximate historical period) ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Saltire ⓘ
surface form: Flag of Scotland

Cross of Saint Andrew ⓘ
surface form: Saint Andrew's Cross

Saltire ⓘ
Saltire ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Saltire
hasColor white cross ⓘ
hasDesignElement white diagonal cross extending to corners of flag ⓘ
hasFieldColor blue ⓘ
hasShape diagonal saltire ⓘ
hasStatus one of the oldest national flags still in use ⓘ
influenced design of many regional Scottish flags ⓘ
ISOReference flag code GB-SCT in some standards ⓘ
isPartOf flag tradition of the United Kingdom ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Andrew ⓘ
orientation diagonal ⓘ
religiousAssociation Christianity ⓘ
represents Scotland ⓘ
symbolizes Saint Andrew's martyrdom ⓘ
usedAs naval ensign of Scotland in some historical periods ⓘ
usedBy Scottish Government ⓘ
people of Scotland ⓘ
usedIn Union Flag ⓘ
surface form: Union Flag of the United Kingdom

civil flag of Scotland ⓘ
national flag of Scotland ⓘ
state flag of Scotland ⓘ
war flag of Scotland in some historical contexts ⓘ
usedOn St Andrew's Day celebrations ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Union Flag → usesInDesign → Cross of Saint Andrew ⓘ
Cross of Saint George → isDistinctFrom → Cross of Saint Andrew ⓘ
Cross of Saint Andrew → hasAlternativeName → Cross of Saint Andrew ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Andrew's Cross
Cross of Saint Patrick → relatedTo → Cross of Saint Andrew ⓘ
Christian cross → hasVariant → Cross of Saint Andrew ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Andrew's cross
Saint Andrew → associatedWith → Cross of Saint Andrew ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Andrew's Cross
Cross of Burgundy → symbolizes → Cross of Saint Andrew ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Andrew's cross
Cross of Burgundy → relatedTo → Cross of Saint Andrew ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saltire of Saint Andrew
heraldry of the United Kingdom → usesSymbol → Cross of Saint Andrew ⓘ
this entity surface form: St Andrew’s Cross
Scottish heraldry → usesNationalFlag → Cross of Saint Andrew ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Andrew's Cross
Aspa de Borgoña → inspiredBy → Cross of Saint Andrew ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Andrew’s cross
Scottish diaspora → maintainsCulturalSymbol → Cross of Saint Andrew ⓘ
this entity surface form: St Andrew's Cross