December 26th, 2016 – Milan, Italy – Duomo di Milano – Statue of Saint Bartholomew
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Milan Cathedral – Statue of Saint Bartholomew Flayed by Italian Sculptor Marco d’Agrate
Bartholomew, an apostle of Jesus, is the first group of three apostles starting from the left (Jesus’s right hand) in Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of The Last Supper. This follower of Jesus, according to legend, had a horrific death while on mission to India. One legend tells how he was skinned alive and hung upside…