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Paul (ST one of the apostles)

ST., one of the apostles of Jesus Christ; originally called Saul; a Hebrew of the tribe of Benjamin, and a native of Tarsus, the capital of Cilicia, and was born at the beginning of the Christian era. His father was a Pharisee of the most rigid cast, and Paul himself, up to the time of his conversion, was a most bitter and intolerant persecutor of the Christian sect; even assisting at the martyrdom of St. Stephen. The mode of his conversion is fully detailed in the New Testament. After his conversion, he was baptized at Damascus by Ananias; from whence, after a brief sojourn, rn, he proceeded to Arabia, where he is supposed to have been fully instructed in the duties and doctrines of the new faith by special revelation. He was martyred about A. D. 66.