Andrew the Apostle commonly referred to as a St Andrew's cross, although its designer, William Porcher Miles, said he changed it from an upright cross to a saltire so that it would not be a religious symbol but merely a heraldic device. The Alabama flag also shows that device. The feast of Andrew is observed on 30 November in both the Eastern and Western churches, and is the national day of Scotland. In the traditional liturgical books of the Catholic Church, the feast of Saint Andrew is the first feast day in the Proper of Saints. Andrew the Apostle Andrew the Apostle (;
Daughters of the Holy Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew Daughters of the Holy Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew The Daughters of the Holy Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew (French: "Filles de la Croix, Sœurs de Saint-André"; Latin: "Institutum Filiarum Crucis seu Sororum Sancti Andreae"), is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and follow the evangelical way of life in common. Their mission includes instruction and education of youth and care of the sick. This religious institute was founded in the castle of Molante, near Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, France, in 1807, by st. Andrew Fournet, with the help of st. Joan Elizabeth