St bartholomew machete

Many sources say that St. Bartholomew died by flaying and this is what we see in the second picture at right and in most images of his martyrdom. A painting of Ribera's in the Prado has the executioners prepare for the flaying by hoisting up a horizontal bar to which the saint's hands are tied.

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