A saltire, also called Saint Andrew's Cross or the crux decussata, is a heraldic symbol in the form of a diagonal cross. The word comes from the Middle French sautoir, Medieval Latin See more

The saltire is important both in heraldry, being found in many coats of arms, and in vexillology, being found as the dominant feature of multiple flags.
The saltire is one of the so-called See more

Anne Roes (1937) identifies a design consisting of two crossing diagonal lines in a rectangle, sometimes with four dots or balls in the four quarters, as an emblem or vexillum (standard) of Persepolis during the 3rd to 2nd centuries BC. Roes also finds the design in See more

The diagonal cross (decussate cross) or X mark is called "saltire" in heraldic and vexillological contexts.
A black diagonal cross was used in an old European Union standard as the hazard symbol for irritants (Xi) or harmful chemicals (Xn). It … See more

Coats of arms
• Gules a saltire argent (Neville)
• Azure a saltire or (Saint Alban's Cross, St Albans 1634)
• Argent a saltire azure (Katwijk See more

• Christian cross
• Cross of Saint Peter
• Crossbuck
• Nordic cross See more

• Media related to Saint Andrew's crosses at Wikimedia Commons See more