Today, 24 August, the Church remembers the Apostle Bartholomew. Ancient tradition has it that Bartholomew "Son of Tolmai" was flayed alive at Albanopolis in Armenia. Eusebius reported that when Pantaenus of Alexandria visited India between 150 and 200 he found there Matthew's Gospel that had been left by Bartholomew
continued Lessons & Homily http://www.orderofcenturions.org/documents/bartholomew.html
The Martydom of St. Bartholomew, Ribera 1632
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