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Bartholomew the Apostle

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Bartholomew the Apostle

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Also known as Bartholomew, Nathanael, Saint Bartholomew, Bartolomeus, St. Bartholomew

Christian apostle and martyr

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Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus Christ in the New Testament, and he is venerated in Christian tradition as a martyr who died for his faith. He is remembered in Christianity as an important early follower of Jesus whose missionary work and death helped establish the Christian religion.

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Given name
Bartholomew
Gender
male
Place of birth
Cana
Place of death
Albanopolis
Occupation
presbyter
Position held
apostle
Religion
Christianity
Student of
Jesus
Image
St. Barholomew icon in Saint Michael Archangel church in Baku.JPG
Said to be same as
Nathanael
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Commons gallery
Sanctus Bartholomaeus
iconographic symbol
knife
date of death
0100-01-01
Commons category
Saint Bartholomew
canonization status
saint
date of birth
0100-01-01
cause of death
decapitation
topic's main category
Category:Saint Bartholomew
domain of saint or deity
Frankfurt
present in work
Acts 1
name in native language
בר תולמי
manner of death
capital punishment
subject has role
apostle
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Encyclopedic overview

Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Most scholars today identify Bartholomew as Nathanael, who appears in the Gospel of John (1:45–51; cf. 21:2).

New Testament references

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bartholomew the Apostle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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