His father had Roman citizenship.
St. Paul was from the city of Tarsus which was the chief city of the Cilician plain, it was the capital of the Roman province of Cilicia, which was a Roman province. St. Paul died in Rome itself.
St. Paul was being tried by the Roman governor of Israel. He told them that, since he was a Roman citizen by birth, he had a right under Roman law to appeal to the emperor in Rome. He was thus sent to Rome for trial.
St. Paul was being tried by the Roman governor of Israel. He told them that, since he was a Roman citizen by birth, he had a right under Roman law to appeal to the emperor in Rome. He was thus sent to Rome for trial.
We know very little about St. Longinus. He was a Roman soldier, a centurion, who was one of the soldiers assisting in the crucifixion of Our Lord. He is the soldier who pierced the side of Our Lord with a lance and proclaimed that "This was truly the Son of God." He converted to Christianity and was later martyred for his faith.
St. George was a soldier in the Roman army.
Post 2835 of 4027Since 7/7/2004It was brought up in another thread that Paul got his Roman citizenship by serving as a soldier for at least 20 years. This was the only way a non-italian non-Roman born could do it.I remember an illustration - in one of the big books, like "things in which it is impossible for God to lie" or "life everlasting" where Saul of Tarsus is pictured holding the robes of those who are stoning christians to death.He is dressed as a Roman soldier with a metal breast plate. Anybody have a scan of this?I am also convinced that his illustration of spiritual armor is based on his training as a Roman soldier. That is where he would have been trained to make and mend tents of course.HB
St. Paul was a Roman citizen by birth.
St. George was not a slave. He was a soldier in the Roman army.
His father had Roman citizenship.
George was a soldier in the Roman army.
Saint George was a soldier in the Roman Army.
The Roman Emperor Theodosius I began construction of the Basilica of St Paul in 386.
St. Paul was from the city of Tarsus which was the chief city of the Cilician plain, it was the capital of the Roman province of Cilicia, which was a Roman province. St. Paul died in Rome itself.
St. Longinus, the Roman soldier who said "Surely this man was the son of god" at the crucifixion.
I think St George is mythical: Certainly the dragon is ! He may have been Roman.
St Sebastian was a soldier in the Roman Army