Saint Andrew's Day been given national holiday status. In 2006, the Scottish Parliament passed the St. Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007, which designated the Day as an official bank holiday. If 30 November falls on a weekend, the next Monday is a bank holiday instead. Although it is a bank holiday, banks are not required to close and employers are not required to give their employees the day off as a holiday. The University of St Andrews traditionally gives the day for all the students as a free holiday, but this is not a binding rule. Saint Andrew's Day is an
The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew is a 1628 painting by Jusepe de Ribera. Ribera had been introduced to the realism of Caravaggio. "Saint Andrew" shows its major influence on him, particularly that artist's "Crucifixion of Saint Peter". The work was owned by Juan Alfonso Enríquez de Cabrera, Admiral of Castille, until it was inherited by his son Juan Gaspar Enríquez de Cabrera in 1647. It was later donated to the monastery of San Pascual in Madrid. After the French occupied Spain, the work came into the hands of Andrés del Peral around 1816. About two