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Several legends state that the arm bone, tooth, knee-cap and three fingers of Scotland's patron saint, Saint Andrew, were brought under supernatural guidance from Constantinople to St Andrew, Scotland in about the middle of the 10th century by the monk Regulus and are still buried in St Andrews. It was at this time St Andrew became the patron Saint of Scotland. The relics of Scotland's patron saint, have at last been reunited with the rest of his body - or at least the likeness of it.
Carlo Maratta's depiction of 'The Crucifixion of St Andrew' went on display in the Museum of the University of St Andrews on Wednesday - St Andrew's Day 2011 - where it will remain until the same day in 2013.
The Earl of Wemyss has loaned the rarely seen painting by the 17th-century Italian master for the duration of the university's 600th anniversary celebrations. The painting is among the gems of one of the richest private art collections in Scotland.
A second version of the painting is held at the Bob Jones University in South Carolina and a smaller one is in the Louvre in Paris.
St Andrews Museum Kinburn Park, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, KY16 9DP 01334 659 380