{"id":633,"date":"2026-05-29T10:19:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/saltire\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:33","slug":"saltire","status":"publish","type":"term","link":"https:\/\/flags.page\/de\/glossary\/saltire\/","title":{"rendered":"Saltire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A **saltire** is a diagonal cross, formed by two bars running from corner to corner. In heraldry the saltire is an ordinary; in flags it is the dominant device on a number of national, regional and military designs. The saltire is associated above all with Saint Andrew, the patron of Scotland, who is said to have been crucified on a cross of that form.<\/p>\n<p>**Example**: The flag of Scotland \u2014 the Saltire \u2014 bears a white saltire on a blue field; the flag of Jamaica combines a yellow saltire dividing a green and black field.<\/p>\n<p>**See also**: [cross](\/glossary\/cross\/), [nordic-cross](\/glossary\/nordic-cross\/), [charge](\/glossary\/charge\/), [tincture](\/glossary\/tincture\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-633","term","type-term","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term\/633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/term"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}