Bartholomew. While many of the details of Bartholomews life were not recorded, we do know for sure that he was a witness to Jesus life and gave his own life because he loved him. A piece of Bartholomews alleged skull was transferred to Frankfurt Cathedral, while an arm was honored at Canterbury Cathedral. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Some Biblical scholars, however, disagree with this conclusion. Several of these texts are now only available in Armenian. A portion of the relics was given in 983 by Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, to Rome, where it is conserved at San Bartolomeo all'Isola, which was founded on the temple of Asclepius, an important Roman medical centre. The name Nathanael is derived from the Greek word meaning gift of God. In the synoptic Gospels, the name Bartholomew is invariably seen after the name Philip in listings of the Twelve Apostles. As Jesus was strolling along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he came across two brothers, Peter and his younger brother Andrew. Bartholomews fathers name was likely Talmai.The name Bartholomew probably came from the Aramaic (Bar-Talmai) which can be translated as son of Talmai. Names derived from the name of a persons father were very common in ancient Israel. Saint Bartholomew was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, and he was born in the year 480. Philip. Omissions? We can rest in the promises of God. St. Bartholomew is the most prominent flayed Christian martyr;[28] During the 16th century, images of the flaying of Bartholomew were so popular that it came to signify the saint in works of art. The Saint Bartholomew Monastery in Vaspurakan, Greater Armenia, was a prominent Armenian monastery erected on the site of Apostle Bartholomews martyrdom in the 13th century (now in southeastern Turkey). Circignani was a contemporary of the torture-horror filmmaker Eli Roth.