Description

St Paul the Apostle Holy Card – Patron saint of snakes,hailstorms, authors and more

9 x 5cm laminated

Also known as

• Apostle Paul
• Apostle to the Gentiles
• Paul of Tarsus
• Saul of Tarsus

Memorial

• 
  25 January
  
  (celebration of his
  
  conversion
  
  )
• 
  16 February
  
  (
  
  Saint
  
  Paul Shipwrecked)
• 
  29 June
  
  (celebration of
  
  Saint
  
  
  Peter
  
  and
  
  Saint
  
  Paul as co-founders of the
  
  Church
  
  )
• 
  18 November
  
  (feast of the dedication of the
  
  Basilicas
  
  of Peter and Paul)

Profile

Jewish Talmudic

student

.

Pharisee

.

Tent-maker

by trade. Saul the Jew hated and persecuted

Christians

as

heretical

, even assisting at the

stoning

of

Saint


Stephen the Martyr

. On his way to

Damascus

,

Syria

, to

arrest

another group of

faithful

, he was knocked to the ground, struck

blind

by a heavenly light, and given the message that in persecuting

Christians

, he was persecuting Christ. The experience had a profound spiritual effect on him, causing his

conversion

to

Christianity

. He was

baptized

, changed his name to

Paul

to reflect his new persona, and began

travelling

,

preaching

and

teaching

.
His letters to the churches he help found form a large percentage of
the New Testament. Knew and worked with many of the earliest

saints

and

fathers

of the

Church

.

Martyr

.

Born

• c.
  
  3
  
  at Tarsus, Cilicia (modern Turkey) as
  
  Saul
  

D

ied

• 
  
  beheaded
  
  c.
  
  65
  
  at
  
  Rome
  
  ,
  
  Italy
  
  

Canonized

• 
  
  Pre-Congregation
  
  

Patronage

• 
  
  against hailstorms
  
  
• 
  
  against poisonous snakes
  
  
• 
  
  against snake bites
  
  
• 
  
  against snakes
  
  
  
• 
  
  Catholic Action
  
  
• 
  
  Cursillo movement
  
  
• 
  
  lay people
  
  
• 
  
  Worshipful Company of Fruiterers
  
  
• 
  
  Worshipful Company of Upholders
  
  
  
• 
  
  authors
  
  
• 
  
  evangelists
  
  
• 
  
  hospital public relations
  
  
• 
  
  journalists
  
  
• 
  
  missionary bishops
  
  
• 
  
  musicians
  
  
• 
  
  newspaper editorial staff
  
  
• 
  
  public relations personnel
  
  
• 
  
  public relations work
  
  
• 
  
  publishers
  
  
• 
  
  reporters
  
  
• 
  
  rope braiders
  
  
• 
  
  rope makers
  
  
• 
  
  saddle makers
  
  
• 
  
  saddlers
  
  
• 
  
  tent makers
  
  
• 
  
  writers
  
  
  —
• 
  
  Malta
  
  
  
• 
  
  Aversa
  
  ,
  
  Italy
  
  ,
  
  diocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Birmingham
  
  ,
  
  Alabama
  
  ,
  
  diocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Brno
  
  , Czechia,
  
  diocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Calbayog
  
  ,
  
  Philippines
  
  ,
  
  diocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Covington
  
  ,
  
  Kentucky
  
  ,
  
  diocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Knoxville
  
  ,
  
  Tennessee
  
  ,
  
  diocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Las Vegas
  
  ,
  
  Nevada
  
  ,
  
  diocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Maralal
  
  , Kenya,
  
  diocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Münster
  
  ,
  
  Germany
  
  ,
  
  diocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Philadelphia
  
  ,
  
  Pennsylvania
  
  ,
  
  archdiocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Providence
  
  ,
  
  Rhode Island
  
  ,
  
  diocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Saint-Paul
  
  , Alberta,
  
  diocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Saint Paul and Minneapolis
  
  ,
  
  Minnesota
  
  ,
  
  archdiocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Saskatoon
  
  , Saskatchewan,
  
  diocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Worcester
  
  ,
  
  Massachusetts
  
  ,
  
  diocese
  
  of
  
• 
  
  Yakima
  
  ,
  
  Washington
  
  ,
  
  diocese
  
  of
  
  
• in
  
  
  Belgium
  
  
  • 
    
    Opwijk
    
    
• in
  
  
  England
  
  
  • 
    
    Bath Abbey
    
    
  • 
    
    Bath
    
    
  • 
    
    London
    
    
• 
  
  Cluny
  
  ,
  
  France
  
  
• 
  
  Montpellier
  
  ,
  
  France
  
  
  
• 
  
  Naumburg
  
  ,
  
  Germany
  
  
  
• 
  
  Kavala
  
  ,
  
  Greece
  
  
  
• in
  
  
  Italy
  
  
  • 
    
    Adria
    
    , city of
    
  • 
    
    Agordo
    
    
  • 
    
    Agropoli
    
    
  • 
    
    Alpette
    
    
  • 
    
    Aprica
    
    
  • 
    
    Aversa
    
    
  • 
    
    Bagni di Lucca
    
    
  • 
    
    Bagno a Ripoli
    
    
  • 
    
    Chatillon
    
    ,
    
    Aosta
    
    
  • 
    
    Force
    
    
  • 
    
    Imér
    
    
  • 
    
    Introd
    
    
  • 
    
    Luino
    
    
  • 
    
    Marcheno
    
    
  • 
    
    Montecorvino Rovella
    
    
  • 
    
    Morbegno
    
    
  • 
    
    Oleggio
    
    
  • 
    
    Pogliano Milanese
    
    
  • 
    
    Ponte San Pietro
    
    
  • 
    
    Rome
    
    
  • 
    
    Umbria
    
    
• 
  
  Mdina
  
  ,
  
  Malta
  
  
• 
  
  Munxar
  
  ,
  
  Gozo
  
  ,
  
  Malta
  
  
• 
  
  Nadur
  
  ,
  
  Gozo
  
  ,
  
  Malta
  
  
• 
  
  Rabat
  
  ,
  
  Malta
  
  
• 
  
  Safi
  
  ,
  
  Malta
  
  
• 
  
  Valletta
  
  ,
  
  Malta
  
  
  
• 
  
  Poznan
  
  ,
  
  Poland
  
  

Representation

• 
  
  book
  
  
• 
  
  sword
  
  
• man holding a
  
  
  sword
  
  and a
  
  book
  
  
• man with three springs of water nearby
• thin-faced
  
  
  elderly
  
  man with a high forehead, receding hairline and long pointed
  
  beard