Today, we celebrate the feast of Saint Bartholomew, apostle of the Lord. SAINT BARTHOLOMEW was one of the twelve called apostles by the Lord. Several learned interpreters of the Holy Scriptures take this apostle to have been the same as Nathaniel, a native of Cana, in Galilee, a doctor in Jewish law, and one of the seventy-two disciples of Christ, to whom he was conducted by Saint Philip, and whose innocence and simplicity of heart deserved to be celebrated by the mouth of our Redeemer himself. He is mentioned among the disciples who were met together in prayer after Christ’s ascension, and he received the Holy Spirit with the rest. Being eminently qualified by the divine grace to discharge the functions of an apostle, he was reported, by various ancient traditions, to have carried the gospel through the most barbarous countries of the East, penetrating the remoter Indies. He returned to the northwest part of Asia and met Saint Philip at Hierapolis in Phrygia. He traveled to Lycaonia, where he instructed the people in the Christian Faith. Saint Bartholomew’s last removal was traditionally into Great Armenia, where, preaching in a place obstinately addicted to the worship of idols, he was crowned with a glorious martyrdom. Modern Greek historians say that he was condemned by the governor of Albanopolis to be crucified. Others affirm that he was flayed alive, which might well enough consist of his crucifixion, this double punishment being used in Egypt and among the Persians.

St. Bartholomew

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