Staunton Vindicator

The Fate of the Apostles.
All the Apostles were assaulted by the enemies of their Master. They were called to
seal their doctrines with their blood, and nobly did they bear the trial. Schumacher
says:
St. Matthew suffered martyrdom by being
slain with a sword, at a distant city of Ethiopia.
St. Mark expired at Alexandria, after
having been cruelly dragged through the
streets of that city.
St. Luke was hanged upon an olive tree
in the classic land of Greece.
St. John was put in a cauldron of boiling
oil, but escaped death in a miraculous manner and was afterward banished to Patmos.
St. Peter was crucified at Rome, with his
head downward.
St. James the Greater was beheaded at
Jerusalem.
St. James the Less was thrown from a lofty pinnacle of the temple and then beaten to
death with a fuller's club.
St. Bartholomew was flayed alive.
St. Andrew was bound to a cross, whence
he preached to his followers until he died.
St. Thomas was run through the body
with a lance, at Coromandel, in the East Indies.
St. Jude was shot to death with arrows.
St. Mathias was first stoned and then beheaded.
St. Barnabus of the Gentiles was stoned
to death by the Jews, at Solonica.
St. Paul, after various tortures and persecutions, was at length beheaded at Rome
by the Emperor Nero.
Such was the fate of the Apostles, according to traditional statements.