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1 Very Rare Glass-Bulb-Reliquary Ex Ossibus St. Paul Apostle
Saint
Paul the Apostle
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Saint Paul (c. 1611) by Peter Paul Rubens
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Born |
Saul of Tarsus
c. 5 AD[1]
Tarsus, Cilicia, Roman Empire |
Died |
c. 64/65 AD
Rome, Italia, Roman Empire |
Venerated in |
All Christian denominations that venerate saints |
Canonized |
Pre-Congregation |
Major shrine |
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy |
Feast |
- 25 January – Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul
- 10 February – Feast of Saint Paul's Shipwreck in Malta
- 29 June – Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (with Peter the Apostle)
- 30 June – Former solo feast day, still celebrated by some religious orders
- 18 November – Feast of the dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul
- Saturday before the sixth Sunday after Pentecost – Feast of the Twelve Apostles and Paul the thirteenth Apostle (Armenian Apostolic Church)[5]
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Attributes |
Christian martyrdom, sword, book |
Patronage |
Missionaries, theologians, evangelists, and Gentile Christians, Malta |
Theology career |
Education |
School of Gamaliel[6] |
Occupation(s) |
Christian missionary and preacher |
Notable work |
- Certain:
- Epistle to the Romans
- Epistle to the Galatians
- First Epistle to the Corinthians
- Second Epistle to the Corinthians
- First Epistle to the Thessalonians
- Epistle to Philemon
- Epistle to the Philippians
- Disputed:
- Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
- Epistle to the Colossians
- Epistle to the Ephesians
- First Epistle to Timothy
- Second Epistle to Timothy
- Epistle to Titus
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Theological work |
Era |
Apostolic Age |
Language |
Koine Greek |
Tradition or movement |
Pauline Christianity |
Main interests |
Torah, Christology, eschatology, soteriology, ecclesiology |
Notable ideas |
Pauline privilege, Law of Christ, Holy Spirit, Unknown God, divinity of Jesus, thorn in the flesh, Pauline mysticism, biblical inspiration, supersessionism, non-circumcision, salvation |
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