Overview

• August 24 is the fixed date for the liturgical commemoration of St. Bartholomew in the Catholic calendar, also noted by Orthodox and Anglican communities.
• Christian tradition identifies Bartholomew with Nathanael from the Gospel of John, praised by Jesus as a true Israelite without deceit.
• Hagiographic accounts place his missionary preaching in distant regions such as India and Armenia, where he is said to have advanced the Christian faith.
• According to tradition he was martyred by flaying and beheading, which informs his iconography with a knife or even his own skin, as seen in the famed sculpture in Milan’s cathedral.
• Contemporary coverage includes a LA NACION prayer invoking his intercession for emotional health and relief from anxiety, nervous crises and despair.