When was St. Paul of Tarsus born?
We do not know for sure, but Saul of Tarsus (Paul) was from the Hellenistic society and probably born in Tarsus (Asia Minor). He was a lifelong Jew and persecuted Christians until his conversion around the year 37 or 38. He was a reasonably young man then and he died in the mid 60’s or so, probably in the year 65, 66 or 67. He was probably born near the year 0 or just before or after. some accounts indicate that he was born as late as 9 or 10, but we just do not know. no formal canonization was done, but he is recognized by the Catholic Church as having been a saint from 29, June, 67. This means he was believed dead by this time. Thus he was a saint before formal canonizations were started (in the year 950). One might say he was grandfathered in, as were many others. Edit: In my library, I checked on an article that proposes we was born in the early part of the year 8, but this is a speculative article only. He was younger than Jesus and never met or knew him. Paul was still persecutin
