Article abstract: Cilician religious leader{$I[g]Roman Empire;Saint Paul[Paul]}{$I[g]Asia Minor;Saint Paul[Paul]} Paul spread the teachings of an obscure Jewish sect throughout the eastern Mediterranean region and eventually to Rome. As the educated apostle, he gave Christianity a measure of intellectual credibility and formulated much of what would later become doctrine.
Early Life
Saint Paul was born at Tarsus in Cilicia, a region in southeast Asia Minor, on the Mediterranean Sea. He was a Jew, known during his early years by the name of Saul. Little...
Source: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476, ©2004 Salem Press, Inc.. All Rights Reserved.
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