Saint Bartholomew
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Saint Bartholomew is one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. He is the patron saint of Armenia, bookbinders, butchers, Florentine cheese and salt merchants, Gambatesa, Italy, leather workers; nervous diseases, plasterers; shoemakers; tanners, and trappers. Along with Saint Jude Thaddeus, he helped bring Christianity to the country Armenia. He is the patron saint of people who work with leather and animal skins because he was martyred (killed for his beleifs) by being skinned alive. He is usually represented by holding a large knife and his skin.
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