Paul the Apostle

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

Apostled. c. 64/67

Who

Saul of Tarsus, Pharisee and persecutor, called on the road to Damascus and made the apostle of the nations. His thirteen letters are the earliest Christian theology; he founded churches across Asia Minor and Greece, formed Timothy, Titus and Luke, and died a martyr at Rome under Nero. Irenaeus says the Roman church was founded and built up by Peter and Paul together (Against Heresies III.3.2).

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Disciples: Luke the Evangelist1st c.
Colossians 4:14; Philemon 24; 2 Timothy 4:11; Irenaeus, Against Heresies III.1.1 and III.14.1
Pope Clement Ic. 88–99
Philippians 4:3, so identified by Origen and Eusebius (Church History III.4, III.15) (tradition)
Pope Linusc. 67–76
2 Timothy 4:21, so identified by Irenaeus, Against Heresies III.3.3 (tradition)
Timothyd. c. 97
Acts 16:1–3; 1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:2; 3:10
Titus of Crete1st c.
2 Corinthians 8:23; Titus 1:4–5

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