Andrew of Crete

Who they were

Andrew, born at Damascus, entered a monastery at Jerusalem at fifteen and was sent to Constantinople in 685, where he became a deacon and later Archbishop of Gortyna in Crete.

He wavered once, attending a council of 712 that overturned the condemnation of Monothelitism, but amended his course the next year and gave himself to preaching and writing hymns; his Great Canon is still sung in Lent. He died on 4 July 740.

The miracles

The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe how he came to be honoured as a saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

A preacher and hymn-writer who repented a moment of weakness.