Milan Cathedral – Statue of Saint Bartholomew Flayed by Italian Sculptor Marco d’Agrate

Bartholomew, an apostle of Jesus, is the first group of three apostles starting from the left (Jesus’s right hand) in Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of The Last Supper. This follower of Jesus, according to legend, had a horrific death while on mission to India.  One legend tells how he was skinned alive and hung upside…