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==Life==
He was born a Scythian and came to live in Constantinople as the slave of Theognostus, a ''protospatharios'' ("first sword-bearer," an honorific title) to Emperor Leo VI the Great (886-912). He was also the spiritual child of Nicephorus, a priest at [[Hagia Sophia (ConstantionopleConstantinople)|Hagia Sophia]] during that time.
Blessed Andrew loved God's Church and the [[Holy Scriptures]], and he had a strong desire to devote himself totally to [[God]]. He took upon himself a very difficult and unusual [[ascetic]] feat of [[fool-for-Christ]]; that is, he acted as if he were insane.
