The following morning a white diagonal cross appeared in the blue sky.

次日早晨，在湛蓝的天空中出现了一个白色的斜十字。

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A cross with equal arms and a diagonal cross, or saltire, were the most traditional heraldic forms.

两岸平等的武器和对角线交叉，或圣安德鲁十字，最传统的徽章形式。

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The British Union Jack was designed to unify the diagonal crosses of Saint Patrick (Ireland) and Saint Andrew (Scotland) with the rectilinear cross of Saint George (England).

英国联盟杰克目的是要统一对角穿越的圣帕·特里克(爱尔兰)和圣安德鲁(苏格兰)与直线交叉的圣乔治(英格兰)。

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"Fearful of the outcome, King Angus led prayers for deliverance and was rewarded by seeing a cloud formation of a white Saltire - the diagonal cross against which Saint Andrew had been martyred - against a clear blue sky, " writes Mr Reid.

BBC: Saltire

IR Bagehot (May 20th) misses the greatest indignity of all in the matter of flags and Northern Ireland: the addition to the Union flag of the red diagonal cross of St Patrick as a symbol of the incorporation of the whole of Ireland into the United Kingdom in 1801.

ECONOMIST: Letters