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St. Paul
Born: Saul of Tarsus
“Love knows no
limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can
outlast anything. It is, in fact, the one thing that still stands when all
else has fallen.”
– 1 Corinthians 13:7-8 |
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Saul
of Tarsus (1st century C.E.)
was at first a persecutor of the early Christians. After a profound revelation of Christ
while on the road to Damascus, he changed his name to Paul, and became the most ardent propagator of His message in the Western World.
His story is narrated by his close disciple
Luke
in the Acts of the New Testament. Most of the Epistles of
the New Testament are attributed to him.
As
a Jew, he bore the name of Israel’s first king--Saul, from the Hebrew
Sha'ul, meaning "prayed for." But as a free citizen of the Empire, he also
bore a Roman name, Paulus, meaning "small" or "humble."
  
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