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Also known as
- Apostle Paul
- Apostle to the Gentiles
- Paul of Tarsus
- Saul of Tarsus
- 25 January (celebration of his conversion)
- 16 February (Saint Paul Shipwrecked)
- 29 June (celebration of Saint Peter and Saint Paul as co-founders of the Church)
- 18 November (feast of the dedication of the Basilicas of Peter and Paul)
Profile
Jewish Talmudic student. Pharisee. Tent-maker by trade. Saul the Jew hated and persecuted Christians as heretical, even assisting at the stoning of Saint Stephen the Martyr. On his way to Damascus, Syria, to arrest another group of faithful, he was knocked to the ground, struck blind by a heavenly light, and given the message that in persecuting Christians, he was persecuting Christ. The experience had a profound spiritual effect on him, causing his conversion to Christianity. He was baptized, changed his name to Paul to reflect his new persona, and began travelling, preaching and teaching. His letters to the churches he help found form a large percentage of the New Testament. Knew and worked with many of the earliest saints and fathers of the Church. Martyr.
Born
- c.3 at Tarsus, Cilicia (modern Turkey) as Saul
- against hailstorms
- against poisonous snakes
- against snake bites
- against snakes
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- lay people
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- newspaper editorial staff
- public relations personnel
- public relations work
- publishers
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- rope braiders
- rope makers
- saddle makers
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- tent makers
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- Birmingham, Alabama, diocese of
- Calbayog, Philippines, diocese of
- Covington, Kentucky, diocese of
- Knoxville, Tennessee, diocese of
- Las Vegas, Nevada, diocese of
- Maralal, Kenya, diocese of
- Münster, Germany, diocese of
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, archdiocese of
- Providence, Rhode Island, diocese of
- Saint-Paul, Alberta, diocese of
- Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, archdiocese of
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, diocese of
- Worcester, Massachusetts, diocese of
- Yakima, Washington, diocese of
- Bath Abbey, England
- Bath, England
- London, England
- Cluny, France
- Montpellier, France
- Naumburg, Germany
- Kavala, Greece
- Agordo, Italy
- Bagno a Ripoli, Italy
- Chatillon, Aosta, Italy
- Force, Italy
- Imér, Italy
- Introd, Italy
- Luino, Italy
- Montecorvino Rovella, Italy
- Morbegno, Italy
- Pogliano Milanese, Italy
- Ponte San Pietro, Italy
- Rome, Italy
- Umbria, Italy
- Mdina, Malta
- Munxar, Gozo, Malta
- Nadur, Gozo, Malta
- Rabat, Malta
- Safi, Malta
- Valletta, Malta
- Poznan, Poland
- book
- sword
- man holding a sword and a book
- man with three springs of water nearby
- thin-faced elderly man with a high forehead, receding hairline and long pointed beard
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Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Goffine’s Devout Instructions: Saint Paul
- Goffine’s Devout Instructions: Saints Peter and Paul
- Golden Legend, by Jacobus de Voragine
- L’Enciclopedia Italiana
- Letter of Paul to the Ephesians (World English Bible)
- Letter of Paul to Philemon (World English Bible)
- Lives of Illustrious Men, by Saint Jerome
- National Gallery of Art
- New Catholic Dictionary
- New Theological Movement: What Saint Paul Saw on the Road to Damascus
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Vikipedio
- Wikipedia
Readings
I assure you, brothers, the gospel I proclaimed to you is no mere human invention. I did not receive it from any man, not was I schooled in it. It came by revelation from Jesus Christ. You have heard, I know, the story of my former way of life in Judaism. You know that I went to extremes in persecuting the Church of God, and tried to destroy it. But the time came when he who had set me apart before I was born and called me by his favour chose to reveal his Son to me, that I might spread among the Gentiles the good tidings concerning him. Immediately, without seeking human advisers or even going to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me, I went off to Arabia; later I returned to Damascus. Three years after that I went up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas, with whom I stayed fifteen days. I did not meet any other apostles except James, the brother of the Lord. The communities of Christ in Judea had no idea what I looked like; they had only heard that “he who was formerly persecuting us is now preaching the faith he tried to destroy,” and they gave glory to God on my account. - from a letter from Saint Paul the Apostle to the Christians in Galatia
I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control. So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of the hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God. - Saint Paul in his second letter to Saint Timothy
MLA Citation
- “Saint Paul the Apostle“. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 April 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>