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Also known as: Nathanael
bar Tolomai
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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. 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 St
Bartholomew-on-the-Tiber Church, Rome, and in the cathedral in Canterbury,
England
Patronage
Armenia, bookbinders, butchers, cobblers, Florentine cheese merchants,
Florentine salt merchants, leather workers, nervous diseases, neurological
diseases, plasterers, shoemakers, tanners, trappers, twitching, whiteners
Representation
tanner's knife; cross; elderly man holding a tanner's knife and a human
skin; skinless man holding his own skin
source:
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintb11.htm
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