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Named Saul at his birth in the city of Tarsus and a son of the tribe of Benjamin, Saul became a Pharisee studying under Gamaliel. After his study under the great Rabbi, Saul became one of the chief persecutors of ChrstiansChristians. Present at the stoning of St [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]] ([[Acts]] 7: 58), Saul later found himself blinded by [[Jesus]] Himself on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-22). Sought out by the [[Apostle Ananias]], Saul immediately converted repented and Ananias baptized him. St. Saul, soon after his conversion called Paul , was later named and numbered among the [[Apostles]]. St. The extent of Paul preached 's preaching as he spread the [[Gospel]] went far and wide from Arabia to Spain and , to both Jews and Gentiles. He was called the "Apostle to the Gentiles." Paul spent his new life in suffering and labor for Christ, establishing and organizing churches everywhere. He reached such a state of perfection that he was able to say to the Church at Galatia: ''not I, but Christ lives in me'' ([[Galatians]] 2:20). Like the [[Apostle Barnabas]], Paul studied under Gamaliel.