Apostle Bartholomew

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Christian apostle Christian saint New Testament person martyr missionary

Apostle Bartholomew is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, traditionally identified with Nathanael in the New Testament and venerated as a missionary and martyr in Christian tradition.

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Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian apostle → Christian saint → New Testament person → martyr → missionary →
alsoKnownAs	Bartholomew → Bartholomew the Apostle → Saint Bartholomew →
associatedWith	Gospel of John → Greater Armenia → India → Lycaonia → Mesopotamia → Parthia →
commemoratedIn	Byzantine liturgical calendar → Roman Martyrology →
diedAs	martyr →
feastDay	11 June (Eastern Orthodox, Julian calendar) → 24 August →
followerOf	Jesus Christ →
iconographicAttribute	book or scroll → flaying knife → his own flayed skin →
languageOfName	Aramaic →
memberOf	Twelve Apostles →
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles → Gospel of Luke → Gospel of Mark → Gospel of Matthew → New Testament → Synoptic Gospels →
missionaryActivity	preached the Gospel in the East according to tradition →
nameMeaning	son of Tolmai (Bar-Tolmai) →
patronage	Armenia → bookbinders → butchers → leather workers → plasterers → tanners →
religion	Christianity →
title	Apostle → Saint →
traditionallyIdentifiedWith	Nathanael →
traditionallyMartyredIn	Albanopolis → Armenia →
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion → Eastern Catholic Churches → Eastern Orthodox Church → Lutheran Churches → Oriental Orthodox Churches → Roman Catholic Church →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Apostle Bartholomew ("Bartholomew the Apostle") → Apostle Bartholomew ("Bartholomew") →	alsoKnownAs
Apostle Philip ("Bartholomew the Apostle") →	associatedWith
Twelve Apostles (traditional attribution) ("Bartholomew") →	hasMember
Last Supper →	hasParticipant
Apostles ("Bartholomew") →	member
Saint Bartholomew’s Church, New York City ("Saint Bartholomew the Apostle") →	namedAfter
Bartholomew I of Constantinople ("Bartholomew") →	religiousName