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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
The Milan one is very Hellraiseresque, but at least they got it right. 10/10
The Basilica of Latheran looks like they went with the "Halloween costume of a character with a picture of the character" approach to depicting being skinned alive. 4/10 not very convincing
According to tradition? So, this was something they did regularly?
How many Apostle Batholomews were there?
Enough to make skinning them a tradition apparently
“You suffer from a rare condition known as Homer Simpson syndrome.”
“Doh! Why me?”
What wonderful imagery to have out in public.
But protect the kids, amiright?
Protect the kids from bad actors trying to influence and harm their little, malleable minds. Except for our threats of eternal punishment in hell, our horror stories of never-ending suffering to feed a victim complex, our indoctrination that safely enjoying your bodily functions with consenting people is divinely forbidden unless it has the approval of the church, our....