Veronese. Barnabe curing a Patient (1569)
Barnabe is the nickname given by the Apostles to Joseph, one of the
members of the Christian Church primitive in Jerusalem and translated in the New Willby : “ wire of consolation ”. Levite and native of Cyprus, Barnabé passes to be the founder of the Cypriot Church. It is him which introduced Saul de Tarse, who was going to become the Paul apostle, at the other disciples.Paul and Barnabé decided to leave in other cities of Asia to convert the pagan ones and Jews with Christianity. ls is made missionaries. The tradition wants that Barnabé died lapidated in Salamine. |
