Tool or weapon generally with wooden handle and edged metal head, in art associated with
Saint Bartholomew, Apostle, probably by analogy for knife with which he was slain;
Saint Boniface, who used it to cut down a tree dedicated to Thor;
Saint Matthew, Apostle, by analogy for sword with which possibly he was killed;
Saint Matthew of Beauvais, beheaded;
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