Note to Anon Andr 3^VII

[1] skært ljós ... þá er Andréas endi aldr ‘a clear light ... when Andrew ended his life’: Cf. Passio Sancti Andreae 14 (Bonnet 1898, 33/3-4/3): Et cum haec dixisset, uidentibus cunctis splendor nimius sicut fulgor de caelo ueniens ita circumdedit eum ut penitus prae ipso splendore oculi eum non possent humani aspicere. cumque permansisset splendor fere dimidiae horae spatio, abscedente lumine emisit spiritum, simul cum ipso lumine pergens ad dominum ‘And when he had spoken these things, while all looked on, an intense brightness like lightning coming from heaven surrounded him in such a way that, on account of that same brightness, human eyes were completely unable to look at him. And when the brightness had remained for about half an hour, after the light had departed, he sent forth his spirit, proceeding to the Lord together with that same light’. Cf. Andr¹Frg656 348/28-32: þa sa allir lios mikit koma, sva sem ellding væri, af himni yfir krossinn, þat var sva biart, at engi matti i gegn sia. Enn er liosit hafði verit halfa stund dags, þa andaðiz postulinn, ok for hann með þvi liosi til guðs ‘Then all saw a great light, as if it were lightning, come from heaven over the cross, which was so bright that no one could look at it. And when the light had lasted for half an hour of the day, the Apostle died, and he went with that light to God’. Cf. Andr²A 381/13-19; Andr SÁM 1 400/10-13; Andr⁴ 411/29-32.

References

1. Bibliography
2. Andr SÁM 1 = Andréss saga postula. In Unger 1874, 389⁹-404⁷.