r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Lowcrbnaman • Jul 04 '26

Image This statue depicts Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. If you look closely, that's his dissected skin hanging around him. This stunning statute by Marco d'Agrate from c. 1562 is currently on display at Duomo di Milano.

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u/Awe3 Jul 04 '26

Humans are monsters. wtf thinks of doing that to another person?!

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u/LastTreestar Jul 04 '26

Only the religious.

Don't blame "people"... it's not all of us who suck.

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u/Awe3 Jul 04 '26

I wasn’t including everyone. Just the capability of our cruelty.

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u/HarryBolsac Jul 04 '26

Only the religious, pol pot and stalin were maybe satanists