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St Bartholomew
- Apostle
Feast Day - August 24
St. Bartholomew, 1st.
century, one of the 12.
All that is known of him with
certainty is that he is mentioned in the synoptic gospels and Acts as one of the twelve
apostles. His name, a patronymic, means "son of Tolomai" and scholars believe he
is the same as Nathanael mentioned in John, who says he is from Cana and that Jesus called
him an "Israelite...incapable of deceit." The Roman Martyrology says he preached
in India and Greater Armenia, where he was flayed and beheaded by King Astyages. Tradition
has the place as Abanopolis on the west coast of the Caspian Sea and that he also preached
in Mesopotamia, Persia, and Egypt. The Gospel of Bartholomew is apochryphal and was
condemned in the decree of Pseudo-Gelasius. Feast Day August 24.
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