Paul

(Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (link)

Feast Day June 29

Patron of Missionaries, Theologians, Evangelists, Writers

Situations Conversion, Missionary Work, Persecution

Professions Missionaries, Publishers, Tent Makers, Writers

Saint Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles, was originally a Pharisee named Saul who persecuted Christians. After his dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus, he became the greatest missionary of the early Church. His epistles form a major part of the New Testament. He was martyred in Rome by beheading.