Saint Bartholomew the Apostle (Subscribe)
Links
Martyrdom of the Holy and Glorious Apostle Bartholomew
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf08.vii.xxxv.html
Apocryphal. According to this story, Bartholomew went to "India," where he was beheaded for having converted King Astreges' brother Polymius to Christianity. From the Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 8.
James Kiefer's Christian Biographies: Bartholomew, Apostle
http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/08/24.html
Explanation of why he is thought to be the same person as Nathanael. Prayer in traditional and contemporary language.
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Bartholomew
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02313c.htm
Mentioned in the lists of apostles in the Synoptic Gospels and in Acts, thought to be identical with Nathaniel (mentioned only in the Gospel of John).
Bartholomew/Nathaniel
http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/glossary/natbar.html
Short essay on the apostle, by Karen Rae Keck.
An Hymn upon St. Bartholomews Day
http://www.bartleby.com/236/50.html
A poem by Thomas Traherne included in The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse.
A Saint a Day: St. Bartholomew
http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/kids/saints/0824_bartholomew.asp
The story of the apostle. Suitable for children.