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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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