#Saint Bartholomew

[stigmatam4rtyr]

Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew (1644, oil on canvas) | Jusepe de Ribera

#art #painting #fine art #17th century #oil painting #the martyrdom of saint bartholomew #jusepe de ribera #baroque #dark #religious art #saint bartholomew #aesthetic

[tragediambulante]

Saint Batholomew and Saint Sebastian (Details from an organ door), Sebastiano del Piombo, before 1511

#art history #art #italian art #aesthethic #painting #16th century #saint bartholomew #saint sebastian #arrows #organ #organ door #gallerie dell'accademia #venezia #venice #sebastiano del piombo #venetian art

[icarus-suraki]

DID YOU KNOW...

Damien Hirst created a statue of Saint Bartholomew in 2006 titled "Exquisite Pain"? And it's some Hellraiser Cenobite Clive Barker Cronenberg shit:

I mean, yeah, Saint Bart is often depicted carrying his skin around but zoowee mama. Please observe the intact ear on his removed skin. And they peeled his dimpus like a lil banana. I'm not sure why he's holding a magic wand but that's not the part I want to talk about. I wanna talk about the back of this statue:

They peeled his ass like a grape.

(It is so hard to find a picture of the backside peeled-orange-ass of this statue, let alone one without a watermark.)

And, yeah, that's his bellybutton and peepee skin hanging off his hide there. Delicate work.

Anyway, Damien Hirst wishes he were Francis Bacon but he isn't lmao.

#saint bartholomew #damien hirst #exquisite pain (2006) #he's just a skin boy #patron saint of tanners and leatherworkers #is that ironic or rude? #can't tell #addendum #that's apparently a knife or a scalpel #not a magic wand #it's one of the instruments of his martydom

[thatonepercentlife]

#luxury #wealth #girl #nyc #classy #travel #private jet #private #stbarths #saint bartholomew #saint barthelemy #caribbean #vacation #vacayvibes #sun

[apenitentialprayer]

Pope Francis’s June 2023 Prayer Intention: For the Abolition of Torture

Father of mercy, You invite us to be compassionate with all brothers and sisters, no matter what direction their lives take. Give us a heart of flesh in the face of fragility so that, as a human family, we may eradicate torture forever. Give us Your light so that in our hearts and minds we may be clear that no state or person can condone this practice, that absolutely nothing can justify this aberration, that torture is pure evil and dehumanizes us. Help us to find ways of humanization in the construction of safe spaces for common life, respecting human dignity and seeing the world through the eyes of Your Son, Jesus. May our words, actions, and desires always be inspired by the life in abundance that the Holy Spirit invites us to live and share. Amen.

#Catholicism #Christianity #prayers #prayer request #My Pope #torture #human dignity #compassion #saints #martyrs #Saint Bartholomew

[thepastisalreadywritten]

This is one of the most haunting sculptures ever produced. 🩶

It's a depiction of Saint Bartholomew, one of Christ's twelve apostles, who brought Christianity to India and Armenia in the 1st century.

Like many Christian martyrs, he suffered an excruciating demise — a common account tells that he was skinned alive and then beheaded, in punishment for converting the king of Armenia to the faith.

This terrifying piece is by Renaissance artist Marco d’Agrate (c. 1504 – c. 1574).

It's a rare example of an écorché (a figure showing the muscles of the body without skin) in sculpture, produced in exquisite detail from a block of marble in 1562.

The "cloak" you see draped over the apostle's shoulder is not clothing but his own skin.

Bartholomew wears it proudly, clutching the knife that flayed him. Despite his torment, he stands defiant and stern in expression — quite literally wearing his own suffering.

According to legend, Bartholomew continued preaching to a rapt audience after his executors had flayed him.

The contrapposto stance and determined glare make an interesting parallel to Michelangelo's "David."

But d’Agrate went one further — the subject here is (literally) stripped bare with remarkable anatomical precision, the result of d’Agrate's careful study of the human body.

Every vein, muscle and tendon are represented in minute detail.

The unique sculpture has lived at Milan Cathedral for nearly five centuries, reminding visitors of the power of enduring faith in the face of religious persecution.

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Milan Cathedral is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

Dedicated to the Nativity of St. Mary (Santa Maria Nascente), it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Archbishop Mario Delpini.

The cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete: construction began in 1386, and the final details were completed in 1965.

It is the largest church in the Italian Republic — the larger St. Peter's Basilica is in the State of Vatican City, a sovereign state and the third largest in the world.

#Saint Bartholomew #apostle #saint #Marco d’Agrate #Renaissance #écorché #Milan Cathedral #sculpture #art #faith #religious persecution

[samtaylorillustrator]

Saint Bart

#illustration #samtaylor #sam taylor #illustrator #drawing #artists on tumblr #art #saint bartholomew #saint bart #saint #skin #flay

[koredzas]

Girolamo dai Libri - Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints. 1510

#art #renaissance #girolamo dai libri #madonna and child #enthroned #angels #saint bartholomew #saint zeno

[coveredindaisies]

What's your opinion on flaying?

-darkestdalliance

I haven’t given it too much thought personally but goodness, just think of how you’d have to give up. The headspace you’d have to adopt in order to get through it… if you got through it.

I’d have to assume more of you like this, so here’s an interesting image for you 🫶

An oil painting of Saint Bartholomew’s flaying after converting an Armenian king to Christianity.

#autassassinophilia #flaying #autassasin #paraphilia #corpse #knife play #answered ask #anon <3 #thanks for the ask! #saint bartholomew

[behindice1]

#Duomo #Milan #statue #sculpture #church #saint bartholomew #my photography #photography

[tcr55]

Saint Bartholomew was said to have been 1 of the 12 apostles. After the drama, he travelled east to Greater Armenia and converted the king.

For this he was flayed. If you look at the back of this statue in the Duomo do Milano, you can see all his skin hanging from his body.

#Milan #Italy #catherdral #church #apostle #saint bartholomew #flayed man #duomo #sculpture

[srndpt2024]

#theogonia #rotting christ #saint bartholomew #stbartholomew #bartholomäus #icon #orthodox metal #Youtube

[wombocombo4x3]

Some more Homestuck Fankid sprites. Based of the 12 Apostles. Why because I felt like it. And plus their was going to be a bible arc at one point.

#My Art #Wombart Combo #Homestuck #Homestuck Fankid #Homestuck Fankids #MSPA #Art #MS Paint Art #MS Paint Drawing #The Twelve Apostles #Twelve #Saint Peter #Saint Andrew #Saint James #Saint John #Saint Philip #Saint Bartholomew #Saint Matthew #Saint Thomas #Saint Simon #Saint Judas #Judas Iscariot #Homestuck Sprite #Homestuck OC

[seekingtheosis]

Remembering St. Jude Thaddaeus, the Apostle (19th August)

St. Jude, also known as Thaddeus, was a dedicated apostle of Jesus Christ, spreading His teachings across distant lands. Learn about his life, contributions, and enduring legacy in this comprehensive blog.

In the name of God the Father, Christ Jesus His Son and the Holy Spirit, One True God. Amen. IntroductionIdentityNew TestamentJude – Brother of Jesus?Tradition & LegendLetter of St. JudeMartyrdom & RemainsIconographic RepresentationPatronage & Pilgrimage CentresConclusion Introduction On August 19th, we remember one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus and considered as the founding father and first…

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[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (August 24)

Saint Bartholomew is one of the Twelve Apostles — mentioned sixth in the three Gospel lists (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:14), and seventh in the list of Acts (1:13).

The name (Bartholomaios) means "son of Talmai," which was an ancient Hebrew name.

Besides being listed as an Apostle, he is not otherwise mentioned in the New Testament, at least not under the name Bartholomew:

Many ancient writers and Catholic tradition have identified Bartholomew as Nathaniel in the Gospel of John (John 1:45-51, and 21:2).

The Gospel passage read at Mass on the feast of Saint Bartholomew is precisely this passage from John (1:45-51) where Nathaniel is introduced to Jesus by his friend Phillip, and Jesus says of him:

"Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him (1:47)."

We are presented with the Apostle's character in this brief and beautiful dialogue with the Lord Jesus.

He is a good Jew, honest and innocent, a just man who devotes much time to quiet reflection and prayer — "under the fig tree (1:48)" — and has been awaiting the Messiah, the Holy One of God.

At Jesus' mention that "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you (1:48)," Nathaniel responded, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel (1:49)!"

Being "a true child of Israel," Nathaniel was a man well-read in the Scriptures and knew what they said of the Messiah and where he would come from.

This is why he is skeptical of Phillip's claim that Jesus is the Messiah, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth (1:46)?"

But Nathaniel was lacking "duplicity" — that is, his heart was undivided, his intentions pure — his openness to reality was always ready to recognize and surrender to the truth when he encountered it.

He remained open to his friend Phillip's invitation to "Come and see (1:46)."

In encountering Jesus and hearing His words, he found himself face to face with the Truth Himself.

Like John the Baptist's leap in his mother's womb at the Lord's presence, Nathaniel's words lept out of his own heart in a clear and simple confession of faith:

"Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"

Jesus, in Matthew 5:8, says, "Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God."

In Nathaniel, we have an example of the pure man who sees - recognizes - God when confronted with Him, and on seeing Him, believes in Him, and upon believing in Him, follows Him.

Nothing is known for sure about the life of Nathaniel/Bartholomew after the Ascension of Jesus.

However, tradition holds that he preached in the East and died a martyr's death in Armenia, being flayed alive for having won converts to the Lord Jesus.

#Saint of the Day #Saint Bartholomew

[thecatholiccrusade]

St. Bartholomew: Apostle, Martyr, and Patron Saint

The flaying of Saint Bartholomew. Oil painting attributed to a Portuguese painter, 19th century. Prayer to St. BartholomewO Eternal God and loving father,you have given us the glorious Apostle Bartholomewas our beloved Patron Saintand powerful advocate in heaven.We offer you our prayers,animated by a spirit of confidencethat through the efficacious intercession of St. Bartholomew,we shall merit…

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#catholic #catholicism #martyr #martyrdom #saint bartholomew #saints #st bartholomew