St. Bartholomew - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
St. Bartholomew, 1st. century, one of the 12. All that is known of him with certainty is that he is mentioned in the synoptic gospels and Acts as one of the twelve apostles. His name, a patronymic, means 'son of Tolomai' and scholars believe he is …
St. Nathanael - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
St. Nathanael, is St. Bartholomew. He was one of the apostles. His name means 'son of Tolomai'. Schlors believe that he is the man from Cana that Jesus said was incabable of deceit. He preached in India and Greater Armenia, wher he was flayed and beheaded by King Astyages. His feast day is on ...
Bl. Anne of Saint Bartholomew - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
Anne of Saint Bartholomew As a thirteen-year-old orphan, Anne Garcia Manzanas, of Almendral, Spain, tended her brothers' sheep. Devoted to the Passion of Christ, she wanted to consecrate her virginity to God, but feared she would be unable to overcome her brothers' opposition to …
Bl. Bartholomew Longo - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
Bartholomew Longo Also known as Bartolo Longo; Bartolomea Longo; Bartolomeo Longo di Latiano; Brother Rosary; Fratel Rosario; Herald of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Rosary; and Man of Mary. A son of a physician, Longo was born financially well off, and received a good education, both secular and Christian, and attended a Piarist school until age ...
Patron Saints A-Z - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
Patron saints are chosen as special protectors or guardians over areas of life. These areas can include occupations, illnesses, churches, countries, causes -- anything that is important to us. The earliest records show that people and churches were named after apostles and martyrs as early as the fourth century.
St. Bartholomew of Rossano - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
A Greek, Bartholomew was born in Rossano, Italy, where he became a disciple of St. Nitus, the founder of the Greek abbey of Grottaferata, near Rome. He became an abbot there and completed the structure, turning it into a center of learning.
St. Bartholomew of Farne - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
After going to Norway, Bartholomew was ordained and returned to Durham, where he entered the Benedictine Order. He became a hermit on the island of Fame, on the coast of Northumbria, remaining there for forty-two years.
St. Sergius of Radonezh - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
One of the foremost Russian saints and mystics. Born to a noble family near Rostov, he was christened Bartholomew. At the age of fifteen, he fled with his family to Radonezh, near Moscow, to escape a campaign against Rostov by the rulers of Moscow.
Bl. Bartholomew Mary Dal Monte - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
Bartholomew Mary Dal Monte was born in Bologna on 3 November 1726 to Orazio Dal Monte and Anna Maria Bassani. At the age of six and a half he received Confirmation from Cardinal Prospero Lambertini, Archbishop of Bologna, who was later to become Pope Benedict XIV.
St. Bartholomew - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Online
His relics are thought by some to be preserved in the church of St. Bartholomew-in-the-Island, at Rome. His feast is celebrated on 24 August. An apocryphal gospel of Bartholomew existed in the early ages.