Bartholomew (Apostle)
Bartholomew is, according to the Bible , one of the twelve apostles to accompany Jesus Christ , according to the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. It is a holy Christian celebrated Aug. 24 in the West and the August 25 or June 11 (with Barnabas ) in the East.
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The tradition is generally recognized to Nathanael Chapter 1:47 of the Gospel of John , for his close association with the apostle Philip.
It would have evangelized the Saudi - where he left a copy in Hebrew of the Gospel according to Matthew , the Persia and India (from Eusebius of Caesarea and St. Jerome ).
Attribute: the remains of his own skin. Although some traditions say he was crucified, drowned or beheaded, Bartholomew is the remains of his own skin because he was also flayed. Sometimes he takes in hand the large knife that was used to this torture. Jacques de Voragine in Golden Legend accepts the three assumptions: "On the exact kind of martyrdom of St. Bartholomew opinions differ: for St. Dorothy says explicitly that it has was crucified. And he adds that his execution took place in a city of Armenia named Albano , even as he was crucified upside down. On the other hand, St. Theodore ensures that the apostle was flayed alive, and there are other historians who claim that he was beheaded. But, in fact, this contradiction is only apparent because there is reason to suppose that the saint was first put on the cross, then, for more suffering, flayed alive and then beheaded. "
According to tradition it was originally, with Jude , the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Worship
Some relics of the apostle is preserved under the main altar of the basilica of Saint-Barthlemy-en-l'le , on the island Tiberina , Rome.
St. Bartholomew, patron saint of butchers , and tanners and binders , is celebrated on August 24 in the West and 25 August in the East. Both dates are likely to transfer of his relics on the island of Lipari 580.
The anniversary of his martyrdom would be June 11, a commemoration that has survived in the calendar of the Eastern Church.
Sources and references
Jacques de Voragine, The Golden Legend
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