Duodecim Apostoli
Saint Bartholomew
Apostle
- Given name
- Nathanael bar Tolomai
- Feast day
- August 24
- Symbols
- Knife · flayed skin
- Death
- Flayed alive and beheaded in Armenia, c. AD 70
Bartholomew is widely identified with Nathanael, whom Philip brought to Jesus. Christ praised him as an Israelite without guile. He preached in India and Armenia. Iconography often shows him holding his own skin, recalling his brutal martyrdom.
Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! (John 1:47)