Bartholomew is usually identified with Nathanael (alternatively spelled Nathaniel), who appears in the Gospel according to John as being introduced to Christ by Philip, who would also become an Apostle.
St. Bartholomew is the patron saint of book binders, butchers, leather workers and neurological diseases.
He would be considered both. He converted and became a disciple of Our Lord and went on to become a 'second generation' apostle.
Bartholmew would have been proclaimed a saint by the early Christian community soon after his martyrdom in the first century AD based on his martyrdom. There was no official canonization process in place at the time.
Saint Michael is not typically known as a disciple in Christianity. He is an archangel who is recognized as a leader of the heavenly army. In some traditions, he is considered a protector and defender rather than a follower or disciple of Jesus.
Saint Phoebe is considered a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. She lived during the 1st century and was a deaconess in the early Christian church. She was recognized as a saint shortly after her death.
St. Bartholomew is the patron saint of book binders, butchers, leather workers and neurological diseases.
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No, Bartholomew was not one of the original twelve disciples of Jesus.
Saint Bartholomew the Younger was born in 981.
Saint Bartholomew the Younger died in 1055.
Bartholomew was a disciple of jesus, he was sitting under a fig tree before Philip called him.
Anne of Saint Bartholomew was born on 1550-10-01.
Anne of Saint Bartholomew died on 1626-06-07.
Saint Bartholomew was born in the 1st century AD. Bartholomew was an apostle of Jesus Christ, and was present at the time of the Ascension.
Saint Augustine was a disciple in the sense he was a follower of Christ but he was not a disciple or apostle called by Jesus himself.
Bartholomew was flayed to death in Armenia.
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