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He then went to India, translated the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and cured the Armenian king's daughter of insanity; but the king's envious brother had him crucified, skinned him, and finally beheaded him.
Christians buried his body but because of the miracles happening over his relics the pagans threw his coffin into the sea. The coffin ended up at the island of Lipara where Bishop Agathon—who met it via a revelation in a dream—buried it in a church. St. Bartholomew appeared to St. [[Joseph the Hymnographer]] and blessed him that he might be able to sing spiritual hymns, saying, "Let heavenly water of wisdom flow from your tongue!" He also appeared to Emperor [[Flavius Anastasius |Anastasius I]] (491-518) and told him that he would protect the new town of [[w:Dara (Mesopotamia)|Dara]]. Later his [[relics]] were translated to Rome where [[miracle]]s continue to occur.
==Hymns==
