St. Bartholomew is the patron of our parish
Feast Day: August 24th
St. Bartholomew is the patron of:
bookbinders, butchers, furriers, leather-workers, plasterers, shoemakers, tailors, tanners, vine-growers, and Florentine salt and cheese merchants. He is invoked against nervous disorders and twitchings.
Who is St. Bartholomew?
According to information handed down by Eusebius, the fourth-century historian, a certain Pantaenus is supposed to have discovered traces of Bartholomew's presence even in