Bartholomew, ST, one of the twelve apostles, supposed to be the same person as Nathanael, and was a native of Galilee. According to the traditionary record of Eusebius, he carried Christianity into India; Chrysostom speaks of him as a missionary in Armenia and Asia Minor. The church at Rome bearing his name claims to preserve his relics. The Roman Church holds his festival on the 24th August; the Greek on the 11th June. The primitive church possessed an apocryphal gospel under his name, but it is now lost.
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