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Aug. 24. ST. BARTHOLOMEW, Apostle St. Bartholomew was flayed alive. Long years of patient endurance in the school of suffering and sacrifice had prepared him to bear this inhuman torture without flinching. 1/2 Show more
ST. BARTHOLOMEW, Apostle 24 August; Feast day PRAYER to St. Bartholomew O Glorious Saint Bartholomew, Jesus called you a person without guile and you saw in this word a sign that he was the Son of God and King of Israel.
24 August is the feast of St Bartholomew, 'Bartleby's Day'. As a late-summer holiday, it's historically been the time for some interesting calendar customs: honey-blessing, 'Bartlefairs', wayzgoose feasts, the Sandwich Bartlemas Bun Run... Show more
Hi #CatholicTwitter it’s Saturday, we went to Mass this morning, prayed for you all. If you see this post, know that we took your intentions with us. Memorial of St Bartholomew/Nathaneal. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Enjoy the weekend Show more
St Bartholomew the apostle whose feast is today (24 August) was said to have been flayed alive. Thus he's often shown holding his skin & the knife as emblems of his martyrdom! This striking 16th-cent. mural is in St Francis' church in Hervartov, Slovakia. Show more
23- 24 August 1572. The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of Protestants took place in Paris. It then spread throughout France. The final murder toll was estimated at 30,000.
XXIV Augusti Sancte Bartolomaee, ora pro nobis 24 August Saint Bartholomew, pray for us Saint Bartholomew, Apostle and Martyr. He carried Christainity to Armenia, where he was martyred by being flayed alive. In 809 the relics of Show more
— Beauty of the Catholic Faith (@advoluntas) August 24, 2024
B16 on St. Bartholomew (8/24) "To conclude, we can say that despite the scarcity of information about him, St Bartholomew stands before us to tell us that attachment to Jesus can also be lived and witnessed to without performing sensational deeds. Jesus himself, to whom each one… Show more
Who is great in the kingdom of God? Tomorrow is a red-letter day, and the gospel gives the answer. Here's the paragraph on St. Bartholomew's Day from How to Use the Book of Common Prayer: August Show more
— 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition (@1662IE) August 23, 2024
St Bartholomew in 2024
The Feast of St. Bartholomew commemorates the life of Jesus' disciple Bartholomew. St. Bartholomew is thought to have been from Galilee and was probably one Jesus' first followers.