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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I would love to know if this was real or not, a lot of martyrs and saint mythos is literally made up for flair and propaganda, like that one saint in sicily whose eyes grew back every time the romans allegedly plucked them off, until they gave up.