wrote Corinthians, then to
Macedonia and Achaia, where he
wrote Romans, before returning to
Jerusalem.
After his arrest and imprisonment in
Jerusalem, he was sent to Rome for
trial as a Roman citizen. During his
time in Rome he wrote the ‘captivity
epistles’. Later, Paul may have
revisited Ephesus and even reached
Spain. Much of this is tradition, as is
his martyrdom during the
persecutions of Nero, being
beheaded (as a Roman citizen) at
Tre Fontane and buried where the
basilica of St Paul ‘outside the walls’
now stands. The belief that Peter
and Paul died on the same day was
caused by their sharing the same
feast day.
Paul was not only a great missionary
but also a great thinker. It is difficult
to over emphasise the influence of
Paul on Christian thought and
history, he had a major effect on
Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Luther,
Calvin and others.
In art he is depicted as small in
stature, bald with deep-set eyes, his
usual emblems are the sword and a
book. In Britain he was never as
popular as Peter, ancient English
churches dedicated to him are only
43.
The history of the relics of Peter and
Paul is not very clear. Tradition says
that Peter was buried at the Vatican
and Paul on the Ostian Way under
his basilica. Both apostles were
venerated from early times both in
Liturgy and private prayers, as
testified by Greek and Latin graffiti in
the catacombs of the early 3 rd
century.
BW
(Using an article from St Augustine’s
magazine of some years ago)
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