\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \pard\tx150\tx870\tx1590\tx2310\tx3030\tx3750\tx4470\tx5190\tx5910\tx6630\ATXts240\qc\ATXbrdr0 \f1 \fs24 \b The Blessed on the Right
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\qj \b0 There is a group of men and women on the left of Christ, who for their testimony of faith in life, deserved the vision of the Eternal on the day of \b \cf4 \ATXht71003 Judgement\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . \par
\b \cf4 \ATXht71901 St. Bartholomew\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was skinned alive and, in fact, holds his skin in his hand. It has always been said that one could see in that skin a terrible self-portrait of \b \cf4 \ATXht5 Michelangelo\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . Such a central and front position of St. Bartholo
mew and, next to him, of \b \cf4 \ATXht71904 St. Lawrence\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 is due to the fact that the Sistine Chapel is dedicated to these two Saints in addition to our Lady of Assumption. The nude figure above him with a lovely face, who is looking at
Christ in the eyes, could be \b \cf4 \ATXht71001 St. John\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , Jesus' favorite \b \cf4 \ATXht70102 Apostle\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . \b \cf4 \ATXht71906 St. Peter\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , the successor of Christ leading the Church, is behind him and can
easily be recognized by the large \b \cf4 \ATXht71100 keys\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . \par
Even further back, one can see a man with a full dark beard, who for this attribute and being close to Peter, could easily be\b \cf4 \ATXht71905 St. Paul\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0
. \b \cf4 \ATXht71911 Simon the Zelot\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 could be the figure under St. Peter due to the saw he is holding in his hand and by which he was martyred. \par
The figure next to him could be the \b \cf4 \ATXht70102 apostle\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0
\b \cf4 \ATXht71601 Philip\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 who died on the cross.\par
