The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew 1630-1635 by Matthias Stom 1600 -1645 Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, Belgian (Bartholomew was executed in Albanopolis in Armenia, martyred for having converted Polymius, local king, Christianity. Enraged by the monarch's conversion, and fearing a Roman backlash, King Polymius's brother, Prince Astyages, ordered Bartholomew's torture and execution.

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