Saint bartholomew wikipedia
Saint bartholomew wikipedia
Saint st bartholomew.
Bartholomew the Apostle
Bartholomew the Apostle | |
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A painting called "The Last Judgment" made by Michelangelo shows Bartholomew holding a knife and his own skin. | |
| Born | 69th |
| Died | Albanopolis, Armenia, crucified |
| Venerated in | Anglicanism Eastern Orthodoxy Lutheranism Oriental Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism |
| Major shrine | Relics at Saint Bartholomew-on-the-Tiber Church, Rome, the Canterbury Cathedral, cathedral in Frankfurt, and the San Bartolomeo Cathedral in Lipari. |
| Feast | August 24 (Western), June 11 (Orthodox) |
| Attributes | One of the Twelve Apostles.
Probably a close friend of Saint Philip; his name is always mentioned in the Gospels in connection with him, and it was Philip who brought Bartholomew to Jesus. |
| Patronage | Armenia; Azerbaijan; bookbinders; butchers; cobblers; Florentinecheese merchants; Florentine salt merchants; Gambatesa, Italy; leather workers; nervousdiseases; neurological diseases; plasterers; shoemakers; tanners; trappers; twitch
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