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Saint of the Day: Friday, August 24, 2007

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Saint of the Day: Friday, August 24, 2007

St. Bartholomew

[color=blue]Feastday:[/color] August 24

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=390

St. Bartholomew, 1st. century, one of the 12 Apostles.

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.

Aug/23/2007, 4:24 pm

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