== Life ==
St. Paul was born Named Saul at his birth in the city of Tarsus and a son of the tribe of Benjamin and was given the name , Saulbecame a Pharisee studying under Gamaliel. He After his study under the great Rabbi, like Saul became one of the [[Apostle Barnabas]], studied under Gamaliel. He was a Pharisee and persecutor chief persecutors of ChristiansChrstians. He was present Present at the stoning of St [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] ([[Acts]] 7: 58). Then he was miraculously converted to the True Faith , Saul later found himself blinded by [[Jesus]] Himself on the road to Damascus. (Acts 9:1-22). Sought out by the [[Apostle Ananias]], Saul immediately converted and Ananias baptized him. St. Paul was later named and numbered among the [[Apostles]]. After his baptism by the [[Apostle Ananias]], St. Paul preached the [[Gospel]] from Arabia to Spain and to both Jews and Gentiles. He was called the "Apostle to the Gentiles." Paul spent his new life in suffering and labor for Christ, establishing and organizing churches everywhere. He reached such a state of perfection that he was able to say to the Church at Galatia: ''not I, but Christ lives in me'' ([[Galatians]] 2:20).
The account of Paul's [[missionary]] journeys and the letters he wrote to the Churches he founded form an important part of the [[New Testament]].
St. Paul was martyred with the [[Apostle Peter]] under [[Nero]] by beheading.
like the [[Apostle Barnabas]], studied under Gamaliel.
== Letters ==
