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Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
One of the Twelve
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Life and witness
Bartholomew is named among the Twelve in Matthew 10:3, Mark 3:18, and Luke 6:14, and among the apostles gathered after the Ascension in Acts 1:13. The Synoptic Gospels do not narrate an individual episode under his name. His traditional identification with Nathanael connects his remembrance with John 1:45–51.
Historical setting
Bartholomew is named among the Twelve in Matthew 10:3, Mark 3:18, and Luke 6:14, and among the apostles gathered after the Ascension in Acts 1:13. The Synoptic Gospels do not narrate an individual episode under his name. His traditional identification with Nathanael connects his remembrance with John 1:45–51.
Legacy and remembrance
That identification is traditional, not an explicit equation stated by the Gospel text. Later accounts associate his preaching and martyrdom with Armenia and other regions; their itineraries vary. June 11 is his selected fixed feast, shared with Barnabas; August 25 is an additional commemoration.
More about the life
The individual church Life describes Bartholomew traveling with Philip and Mariamne and continuing to preach after Philip’s death. Its Armenian narrative includes a ruler’s family accepting baptism and Bartholomew refusing gifts because his purpose was the salvation of people rather than payment. The same source preserves a tradition of the movement of his relics through several regions. These accounts explain the breadth of his remembrance, but should not be combined into a modern, certain itinerary or treated as evidence that every episode has contemporary documentation.
Quotes
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Scripture · King James Version
Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?
Canonical Scripture · John 1:46 (Nathanael, identified in tradition with Bartholomew)
Context and edition
The Gospel records Nathanael’s speech. His identification with Bartholomew is traditional, not stated by the Gospel itself.
King James Version (1611), historical English edition.
King James Version (1611); not a new website-authored English translation.
Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?
Scripture · King James Version
Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
Canonical Scripture · John 1:49 (Nathanael, identified in tradition with Bartholomew)
Context and edition
The Gospel records Nathanael’s speech. His identification with Bartholomew is traditional, not stated by the Gospel itself.
King James Version (1611), historical English edition.
King James Version (1611); not a new website-authored English translation.
Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
Readings
Selected reading
John 1:43-45 (Philip brings Nathanael, identified in tradition with Bartholomew)
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
English: cited historical translation. Modern Greek, Russian and Macedonian: LogosPharos translations through English, not direct translations from ancient Greek.
Editorial context
Philip brings a man called Nathanael to Jesus, and the same Gospel names Bartholomew among the Twelve. Christian tradition identifies Nathanael with Bartholomew, and the passage is published here on that basis.
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Source text and edition
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
King James Version, the English translation cited here. Modern Greek, Russian and Macedonian below are relay translations through this English text, not direct translations from the Greek.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201&version=KJV
Words recorded in the sources
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Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?
John 1:46 (Nathanael, identified in tradition with Bartholomew)
English: cited historical translation. Modern Greek, Russian and Macedonian: LogosPharos translations through English, not direct translations from ancient Greek.
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Source text and edition
Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?
King James Version, the English translation cited here. Modern Greek, Russian and Macedonian below are relay translations through this English text, not direct translations from the Greek.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201&version=KJV
Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
John 1:49 (Nathanael, identified in tradition with Bartholomew)
English: cited historical translation. Modern Greek, Russian and Macedonian: LogosPharos translations through English, not direct translations from ancient Greek.
View source text
Source text and edition
Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
King James Version, the English translation cited here. Modern Greek, Russian and Macedonian below are relay translations through this English text, not direct translations from the Greek.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201&version=KJV
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Writings and works
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Church life and commemoration
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Miracles and testimony
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Scriptural account
Acts 5:12–16
Acts reports signs and healings through the apostles collectively. This passage does not identify which individual apostle performed each event; it is not evidence for a separate personal miracle attributed to this apostle.
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Church sources
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/30/101711-synaxis-of-the-holy-glorious-and-all-praised-twelve-apostles
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/11/101690-apostle-bartholomew-of-the-twelve