Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
![[painting of Saint Bartholomew]](stb11003.jpg "20kb jpg detail from 'The Apostle Saint Bartholomew' by Matteo di Giovanni, c.1480, tempera on wood, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Also known as
- Nathanael bar Tolomai
- Memorial
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24 August (Roman calendar)
11 June (Orthodox calendar)
- Profile
- One of the Twelves Apostles.
Probably a close friend of Saint Philip; his name is always mentioned in the Gospels in connection with him, and it was Philip brought Bartholomew to Jesus.
May have written a gospel, now lost; it is mentioned in other writings of the time.
May have preached in Asia Minor, Ethiopia, India and Armenia; some one did, leaving early writings behind, and local tradition says it was him.
Martyr.
- Died
- flayed alive at Albanopolis, Armenia;
relics at Saint Bartholomew-on-the-Tiber Church, Rome, and in the cathedral in Canterbury, England
- Name Meaning
- gift of God (Nathanael)
- Patronage
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against nervous diseases
against neurological diseases
against twitching
Armenia
bookbinders
butchers
Civitella in Val di Chiana, Italy
cobblers
Forentine cheese merchants
Forentine salt merchants
Gambatesa, Italy
Gharghur, Malta
leather workers
Magalang, Philippines
plasterers
shoemakers
tanners
trappers
whiteners
- Prayers
- Prayer to...
- Representation
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tanner's knife
cross
elderly man holding a tanner's knife and a human skin
skinless man holding his own skin
- Images
- Gallery of images of Saint Bartholomew
- Additional Information
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Goffine's Devout Instructions
Martyrdom of Bartholomew
New Catholic Dictionary
Christian Biographies, by James Kiefer
Catholic Encyclopedia, by John F Fenlon
Ecole Glossary, by Karen Rae Keck
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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