What are some interesting facts about St. Andrew?

He was the brother of the Apostle Simon Peter and first an Apostle of St. John the Baptist. Pope Benedict XVI meditates on this fact in a General Audience he gave on St. Andrew:

From the Fourth Gospel we know another important detail: Andrew had previously been a disciple of John the Baptist: and this shows us that he was a man who was searching, who shared in Israel's hope, who wanted to know better the word of the Lord, the presence of the Lord.