Saint Paul the Apostle

[Saint Paul holy card]
Memorial
25 January (celebration of his conversion)
16 February (Saint Paul Shipwrecked)
29 June (celebration of Saints Peter and Paul 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 to arrest another group of them, 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 and preaching. Martyr.
Born
c.3 as Saul at Tarsus, Cilicia (modern Turkey)
Died
beheaded c.65 at Rome, Italy
Patronage
against snakes
authors
Bath Abbey
Bath, England
Catholic Action
Chatillon, Aosta, Italy
Cluny, France
Cursillo movement
Birmingham, Alabama, diocese of
Calbayog, Philippines, diocese of
Covington, Kentucky, diocese of
evangelists
hailstorms
hospital public relations
Introd, Italy
journalists
Kavala, Greece
Las Vegas, Nevada, diocese of
lay people
Malta
Maralal, Kenya, diocese of
Mdina, Malta
missionary bishops
Münster, Germany
Munxar, Gozo, Malta
musicians
Nadur, Gozo, Malta
Naumburg, Germany
newspaper editorial staff
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, archdiocese of
poisonous snakes
Poznan, Poland
Providence, Rhode Island, diocese of
public relations personnel
public relations work
publishers
Rabat, Malta
reporters
Rome, Italy
rope braiders
rope makers
saddlemakers
saddlers
Safi, Malta
snake bites
tent makers
Umbria, Italy
Valletta, Malta
Worcester, Massachusetts, diocese of
writers
Prayers
Prayer I to...
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Representation
thin-faced elderly man with a high forehead, receding hairline and long pointed beard
man holding a sword and a book
man with 3 springs of water nearby
sword
book
Images
Gallery of images of Saint Paul
Storefront
Pauline Year Specials
Commercial Links related to Saint Paul
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
Lives of Illustrious Men, by Saint Jerome
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles Parish, Bradenton, Florida, USA
University of Louisville,
University of Louisville,
Vikipedio esperanto
Vietnamese Eucharstic Youth Society: the Conversion
Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society: Saint Peter and Paul
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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 favor 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 apostoles 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 treid 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

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