Saint
Bartholomew
Born: 1st Century, Galilee
Died: 1st Century, Armenia
Feast Day: 24th August
Shrine: Isle of
Tiber, Rome, Italy
Patron Saint: Shoemakers, Cobblers,
Butchers, Tanners, plasterers, Armenia, Twitching
Symbols in Art:
flayed skin, knife
Not much is known about Saint Bartholomew’s early life except he was
from Cana in Galilee. He was known as
Nathanael who Philip introduces to Jesus.
Jesus
complemented Nathanael saying “Here is a true Israelite. There is no duplicity
in him” (John 1:47b). When Nathanael asked how Jesus knew him, Jesus said, “I
saw you under the fig tree” (John 1:48b), this made Nathanael say, “Rabbi, you
are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel” (John 1:49b). But Jesus said
with, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You
will see greater things than this” (John 1:50b).
After
Jesus death and resurrection Bartholomew saw Jesus on the shore of the Sea of
Tiberias after a long night fishing where they had caught nothing. At this point they did not know it was Jesus,
but he called to them telling them to cast their nets again. The haul was so big they could not pull it on
to the boat.
After the
ascension, Bartholomew evangelised in India, Mesoptamia, Persia, Egypt, and
Armenia. Different traditions have his
death either as beheading or having his skin removed and crucified upside
down. His relics are believed to be in
the Church of Saint Bartholomew in the Island, on the Isle of Tiber in Rome
References: Saints, Robbie Blake, HarperCollins.
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