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Two ancient testimonies exist about the mission of Saint Bartholomew in India. These are by the Eusebius of Caesarea (early 4th century) and by Saint Jerome (late 4th century). Both of these refer to this tradition while speaking of the reported visit of Saint Pantaenus to India in the 2nd century. [16]
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Jesus saw Bartholomew as a “real” son of Abraham, a man who worshiped the true and living God without the deception or hypocrisy that characterized religious leaders. A statement of Jesus’ divine essence and power follows. “I saw you by the fig tree before Philip summoned you,” Jesus said in response to Bartholomew’s inquiry.
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Jun 20, 2019 · Known as “the apostles” or “ones who were sent,” Bartholomew and the other disciples witnessed Jesus’ ministry for about three years. After Jesus’ death, they began the movement which became known as Christianity.
Traditionally, Bartholomew also served as a missionary to Ethiopia, Mesopotamia, Parthia (in modern Iran), Lycaonia (in modern Turkey), and Armenia. The apostle is said to have been martyred by flaying and beheading at the command of the Armenian king Astyages.
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Nov 20, 2020 · Bartholomew, The Holy Apostle Of Christ, First Greatly Tortured, Then Flayed Alive, And Finally Beheaded, In Armenia, By King Astyages, About A.D. 70.
Saint Bartholomew was one of the original twelve Apostles. Being a close friend of Christ’s, being transformed by Him, faithful to Him, and later evangelizing and giving up his life for Him, we look up to Saint Bartholomew as an example of holiness.
The manner of his death, said to have occurred at Albanopolis in Armenia, is equally uncertain; according to some, he was beheaded, according to others, flayed alive and crucified, head downward, by order of Astyages, for having converted his brother, Polymius, King of Armenia.
