St. Paul AKA Saul Born: c. 10 AD Birthplace: Tarsus, Turkey Died: 29-Jun-65 AD Location of death: Rome, Italy Cause of death: Execution Remains: Buried, Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy
Gender: Male Religion: Christian Race or Ethnicity: Middle Eastern Occupation: Religion Nationality: Ancient Rome Executive summary: First Christian evangelist St. Paul was named Saul at birth, raised a pharisaical Jew and Roman citizen in a prominent family, and was well-educated. He was a fierce critic and persecutor of Jesus and his followers, personally leading in the murder of St. Stephen by stoning. There is no evidence that he ever met Jesus while he was alive, but according to Biblical accounts, he was miraculously blinded by the light of the Lord on the road to Damascus, and his eyesight was subsequently restored by baptism.
After this, he began his Christian ministry under his new name, as Paul. Accompanied by Barnabus, he became the first missionary of Christianity, traveling to Cypress, Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Lycaonia, and establishing churches at Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. In later missions he brought the Christian gospel to Athens, Beroea, Corinth, Ephesus, Galatia, Philippi, Thessalonica. His letters to the churches he established comprise as many as fourteen canonical Epistles, though authorship is in some cases disputed, and he may have written other epistles lost to history.
Persecuted as a Jew and by Jews as a Christian, he was imprisoned for two years in Caesarea, and later imprisoned in Rome, where he is believed to have been beheaded by order of Nero in the year 67. Converted to Christianity 33 AD Founded Religion Seized by a Mob Jerusalem (57 AD) Held Prisoner Flogged at Philippi Beheaded Canonization Changed Name Jewish Ancestry
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