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[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago

According to tradition Apostle Bartholomew was skinned alive. In churches you can see his statues holding a skinning knife and his own skin.

Sometimes it's subtle like in the Basilica of Latheran: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bartholomaeus_San_Giovanni_in_Laterano_2006-09-07.jpg

Sometimes it's horrific like this one in Milan: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Bartolomeo_Scorticato.jpg

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

According to tradition? So, this was something they did regularly?

[-] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

How many Apostle Batholomews were there?

[-] holycrap@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

Enough to make skinning them a tradition apparently

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

“You suffer from a rare condition known as Homer Simpson syndrome.”

“Doh! Why me?”

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