Conversion of Paul the Apostle
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The conversion of Paul the Apostle was, according to the New Testament, an event in the life of Saul/Paul the Apostle that led him to cease persecuting early Christians and to become a follower of Jesus.
The Conversion of Saint Paul, Luca Giordano, 1690, Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy
The Conversion of Saint Paul, Caravaggio, 1600
Fresco in the Vatican Cappella Paolina by Michelangelo, 1542-45.
14th-century predella panel by Luca di Tommè.
Paul the Apostle
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Paul, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. For his contributions towards the New Testament, he is generally regarded as one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age, and he also founded several Christian communities in Asia Minor and Europe from the mid-40s to the mid-50s AD.
Saint Paul (c. 1611) by Peter Paul Rubens
The Apostle Paul, portrait by Rembrandt (c. 1657)
The Conversion of Saul, a fresco by Michelangelo developed between 1542 and 1545
Conversion on the Way to Damascus, a 1601 portrait by Caravaggio