/Andrew the Apostle/

Gregory begins with a statement that he came upon a book of the deeds of Andrew and states his goal of extracting only the stories of his miracles, since the verbosity of the speeches “breed weariness.” He then reports the travels of Andrew from Pontus by way of Amasia, Sinope, Nicaea, Nicomedia, Byzantium, Thrace, Perinthus, Philippi, and Thessalonica to Patras (chaps. 2–21), followed by his activities in Acts in Patras and Achaea (22–35), and briefly, his martyrdom (35–38).

Andrew goes to Nicaea where he casts out seven demons from the roadside tombs. As he approaches the gate of Nicomedia, he sees a dead man being carried out on a bier. He was killed by the demons he cast out. Andrew revives him and the man’s son joins Andrew’s group of devotees. The group passes through a storm near Byzantium and arrives at Thrace. There a crowd of armed men prepare to attack them but an angel touches their swords and they fall to the ground. They arrive at Perinthus and find a boat to take them to Macedonia.

At Philippi he prevents the wedding of two sons and two daughters of two noble families, one with two girls, other with two boys, out of concern over incest. A young man from Thessalonica named Exochus comes to the apostle. His parents want to retrieve him and set fire to the house in which Andrew’s followers are staying. Andrew prays and the fire goes out. The parents go home and die and the young man remains with Andrew. The young man encourages Andrew to come to Thessalonica, where the apostle performs several healings (the son of Carpianus who has not walked for 23 years, a man killed by an impure spirit, the crippled son of Medias, the daughter of Nicolaus, and a young man possessed of a demon). Philosophers come to Andrew and dispute with him.