Little Known Facts About St. Bartholomew

Many great men are remembered for how they lived their lives. The saints are remembered for their miracles, and astonishing feats of their lives. St. Bartholomew, however, is most famous for the way in which he died. He was flayed alive, and then crucified upside down. He was also an extraordinary man, and it is important to learn other aspects of his life, and how we can learn from him.

St. Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles. He is mentioned in the three synoptic gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and was also a witness of the Ascension in Acts of the Apostles. He is often mentioned in these gospels along with Phillip. However, he is not mentioned in the Gospel of John, but Nathanael is often mentioned in this book in conjunction with Phillip. Nathanael was also born in Galilee, the region where Jesus found all twelve of his apostles, and was present with the apostles when the Risen Jesus reveled Himself he them on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias. Therefore, scholars believe that Bartholomew was not his given name, but rather his family name. Bartholomew is an ancient Greek name meaning " son of Talmai." St. Bartholomew is believed to be the same person as Nathanael, who is mentioned in more of the books of the Bible.

After the Ascension of Jesus, Bartholomew went on a missionary trip to India. There, he left behind a copy of the Gospel of Matthew. He is also said to have evangelized Ehiopia, Mesopotamia, Parthia, and Lycaonia. It is also generally believed that St. Bartholomew, along with the Apostle St. Jude, brought Christianity to Armenia in the 1^st century. The Armanian Apostolic Church calls both St. Bartholomew and St. Jude their patron saints. St. Bartholomew is also the patron saint of bookbinders, butchers, cobblers, Forentine cheese merchans, Forentine salt merchants, Gambatesa (Italy), Gharghur (Malta), leather workers, nervous diseases, neurological diseases, plasterers, shomakers, tanners, trappers, twitching, and whiteners.