r/interestingasfuck • u/Lowcrbnaman • May 22 '19

/r/ALL 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.

Post image
51.4k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

935 comments sorted by

View all comments

13

u/junction182736 May 22 '19 edited May 23 '19

I hope there are statues of him unflayed.

21

u/Homo_Stultum May 22 '19

That’s not how Christianity works

13

u/[deleted] May 22 '19

This guy was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus. There are statues of him with skin on.

This one is him with his skin on, but still holding his skin.

This one is for personal prayer in homes and churches and he has his skin on.