St. Bartholomew is believed to have been born in Cana of Galilee in the 1st century AD.
The tanners knife is the symbol of St Bartholomew, as he was skinned alive with one before he was crucified.
St. Nathaniel is thought to be the same person as Bartholomew the Apostle.
St. Bartholomew the Apostle and St. Dymphna
Bartholomew the Apostle was born in Galilee sometime around the year AD1. The actual date is not known.
St. Bartholomew is considered an apostle because he was chosen by Jesus to be one of the twelve original disciples who spread the teachings of Christianity after Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. Bartholomew's apostleship is mentioned in the Bible, specifically in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Acts.
No, the only apostle at the foot of the cross was St. John.
The Apostle Peter (Simon Peter Crucified upside down in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Nero in 64AD The Apostle Andrew. Andrew was crucified in Greece on an X-shaped cross The Apostle James. The Apostle James was the older brother of John the Apostle. James was beheaded. He was "put to death with the sword" by King Herod (Acts 12:2). The Apostle John The Island of Patmos where he possibly died of natural causes. The Apostle Philip. Carthage, Greece, where he was crucified (the Greeks say head downwards), and then stoned to death. The Apostle Bartholomew. The Apostle Bartholomew (also known as Nathaniel) It is believed that he suffered the terrible double sentence of being flayed alive and crucified. Near Persia and Phrygia. The Apostle Thomas. The Apostle Thomas (also known as Didymus) preached in Persia and India where he was killed by four soldiers armed with spears. The Apostle Matthew. he is believed to have been axed to death at Naddabar in Ethiopia with a halberd (a pike fitted with an axe head). The Apostle James the Less (the son of Alphaeus). The Apostle James (James the Less) preached in Syria and it is believed that he was clubbed to death. The Apostle Jude Thaddaeus. The Apostle Thaddaeus was crucified at Edessa. How did the Apostle Simon die? The apostle Simon is believed to have been crucified in Persia. The Apostle Judas Iscariot die? The Apostle Judas Iscariot committed suicide by hanging himself. Outside of Gethseminy The Apostle Matthias die?
We know very little about the apostle Bartholomew. Nothing much is said of him in the Gospels, certainly nothing as concrete as a birthday. Dates were reckoned differently then anyway.
St. Bartholomew the Apostle and St. Dymphna are patron saints of those with neurological disorders such as brain tumors.
Andrew was the first apostle of Our Lord and the brother of Simon Peter. He came from the village of Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee where he was a fisherman. He was crucified in Greece on an x-shaped cross.
Nicola Sementovsky-Kurilo assigns to the apostle Bartholomew the zodiac sign Pisces.