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St Paul

Also known as: St Paul; primary name: St Paul; other name: Apostle; other name: Paul; other name: Saul; other name: St Paul Apostle; other name: St Paul of Tarsus
Details: individual; saint/martyr; biblical figure; Male
Life dates: c.0010-c.0065
Biography: Christian saint, New Testament figure and Apostle; born Tarsus, Asia Minor. Saul was a Jewish Pharisee (a religious conservative) who persecuted the new sect of Christians until he was converted and temporarily blinded by a vision of Christ during a journey to Damascus. He took the name Paul and preached Christianity to the Greek-speaking peoples of Asia Minor and the Mediterranean Basin. He was one of the Apostles, but not among the original twelve. He was arrested and as a Roman citizen demanded to be tried in Rome, where he was beheaded: hence his attribute, the sword. His life is described in the Acts of the Apostles. His letters to the churches he founded had a profound influence on the development of Christianity: his second symbol is a book.

1,246 related objects

apostle spoon

Museum number: 1981,0701.13 |
Production date: 1536-1537 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

banknote; advertisement

Museum number: 2013,4129.4 |
Authority: BIOG219412 Issuer:Café Sao Paulo |
Production date: 1950s-1980s |
Production place: Issued in:São Paulo (city)

banknote

Museum number: 2008,4085.2 |
Authority: BIOG181259 Issuer:Istituto Bancario San Paulo di Torino |
Production date: 1976 |
Production place: Issued in:Turin (city)

banknote

Museum number: 2008,4085.1 |
Authority: BIOG181259 Issuer:Istituto Bancario San Paulo di Torino |
Production date: 1976 |
Production place: Issued in:Turin (city)

beaker

Title: The Hope Goblet |
Museum number: 1894,0804.1 |
Production date: 13thC 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Venice (city)Made in:Syria

book; print

Title: Small Passion |
Museum number: 1896,0125.1.22 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1510

book of prints; print

Museum number: 2006,U.3256 |
Producer name: Intermediary draughtsman:Johann Gottfried Abraham FrenzelPrint made by:C C Meinhold & Söhne |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Published in:Leipzig

bowl

Museum number: 1893,0426.183 |
Cultures/periods: x41037 Late Roman |
Production date: 3rdC-5thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Rome (city)

bowl

Museum number: AF.3046 |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:France

bowl; medallion

Museum number: 1856,0425.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41037 Late Roman |
Production date: 3rdC-5thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Cologne (city)Found/Acquired:Rome (city)

bowl

Museum number: 1886,1117.330 |
Cultures/periods: x41037 Late Roman |
Production date: 3rdC-5thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Cologne (city)Found/Acquired:Rome (city)

box

Museum number: 1891,1214.1 |
Producer name: After:Francis BirdModelled by:John Obrisset |
Production place: Made in:England

casket

Museum number: 1856,0623.8 |
Cultures/periods: x41037 Late Roman |
Production date: 430 |
Production place: Made in:Rome (city)

censer

Museum number: 1899,0425.3 |
Cultures/periods: x272757 Early Byzantine |
Production date: 602-610 |
Production place: Made in:Constantinople |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Acheripoetos Monastery

chest

Museum number: OA.2173 |
Production date: 15thC |
Production place: Made in:FranceMade in:Belgium

ciborium

Museum number: 1911,0621.5 |
Production date: 1450-1550 |
Production place: Made in:Spain |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hospital de la Vera Cruz

cloth-seal

Museum number: 1910,0407.48 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

cloth-seal

Museum number: S.140 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval |
Production date: 15thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:London (England) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:London (England)

cloth-seal

Museum number: S.149 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

cloth-seal

Museum number: S.145 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval |
Production date: 15thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

coin

Museum number: 1997,1072.72 |
Producer name: Made by:Ermenegildo HameraniMade by:Otto Hamerani |
Authority: BIOG83737 Issuer:Pope Benedict XIV |
Production date: 1746 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

coin

Museum number: 1870,0507.408 |
Producer name: BIOG114607 Made by:Royal Mint |
Authority: BIOG22544 Ruler:Charles II, King of England |
Production place: Minted in:London (England)Issued in:England

coin

Museum number: 1935,0401.8141 |
Producer name: BIOG114607 Made by:Royal Mint |
Authority: BIOG22544 Ruler:Charles II, King of England |
Production date: 1694 |
Production place: Minted in:London (England)Issued in:England

coin

Museum number: 1922,0522.2 |
Producer name: BIOG114607 Made by:Royal Mint |
Authority: BIOG22544 Ruler:Charles II, King of England |
Production date: 1694 |
Production place: Minted in:London (England)Issued in:England

coin

Museum number: 1859,0529.28 |
Producer name: BIOG114607 Made by:Royal Mint |
Authority: BIOG22544 Ruler:Charles II, King of England |
Production place: Minted in:London (England)Issued in:England

coin

Museum number: 1870,0507.409 |
Producer name: BIOG114607 Made by:Royal Mint |
Authority: BIOG22544 Ruler:Charles II, King of England |
Production place: Minted in:London (England)Issued in:England

coin

Museum number: C.4944 |
Producer name: BIOG114607 Made by:Royal Mint |
Authority: BIOG22544 Ruler:Charles II, King of England |
Production place: Minted in:London (England)Issued in:England

cruciform watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1888,1201.187 |
Producer name: BIOG80132 Made by:Charles Tinelly |
Production date: 1635-1650 |
Production place: Made in:Aix-en-Provence

dish

Museum number: 1885,0420.2 |
Producer name: After:MichelangeloAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1530-1540 |
Production place: Made in:Urbino

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1906,0723.28 |
Producer name: BIOG50005 Drawn by:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1546-1603

drawing

Museum number: 1856,0712.6 |
Producer name: BIOG39961 Drawn by:Cesare Nebbia |
Production date: 1551-1614

drawing; album

Museum number: SL,5217.401 |
Producer name: BIOG20113 Drawn by:Arent van Bolten |
Production date: 1588-1633

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.138 |
Producer name: BIOG22979 Drawn by:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1654

drawing

Museum number: G,11.62 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0520.53 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing

Museum number: 1913,1216.4 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing

Museum number: Ff,1.59 |
Producer name: BIOG42304 Drawn by:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1528-1530

drawing; album

Museum number: SL,5217.398 |
Producer name: BIOG20113 Drawn by:Arent van Bolten |
Production date: 1588-1633

drawing

Museum number: 1920,0615.9 |
Producer name: BIOG50818 Drawn by:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1753-1820

drawing

Museum number: 1965,1009.2 |
Producer name: BIOG22879 Drawn by:Niccolò Circignani |
Production date: 1586

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.39 |
Producer name: BIOG40722 Drawn by:Lelio Orsi |
Production date: 1526-1587

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1130 |
Producer name: BIOG34418 Drawn by:Raymond La Fage |
Production date: 1656-1684

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.207 |
Producer name: BIOG37102 After:Andrea Mantegna |
Production date: 1446-1506

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1495 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1999,0626.17 |
Producer name: BIOG38553 Drawn by:Tommaso Minardi |
Production date: 1787-1871

drawing

Museum number: Ff,2.107 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing; album

Museum number: 1928,0310.91.1 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1609-1625

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.38 |
Producer name: BIOG20781 Attributed to:Andrea Bregno |
Production date: 1462-1464

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0830.1 |
Producer name: BIOG40415 Drawn by:Avanzino Nucci |
Production date: 1567-1629

drawing; print; manuscript

Museum number: 1938,0514.4.4 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Padre Sebastiano RestaAfter:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1709 1610

drawing

Museum number: 1997,0712.53 |
Producer name: BIOG42518 Drawn by:Nicolas Poussin |
Production date: 1657-1658

drawing; album

Museum number: 1885,0314.279 |
Producer name: BIOG28115 Drawn by:Henry Fuseli |
Production date: 1770

drawing; print study

Museum number: Ff,4.87.+ |
Producer name: BIOG28348 Drawn by:Gaetano Gandolfi |
Production date: 1749-1802

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.230 |
Producer name: BIOG22859 Drawn by:Lodovico Cigoli |
Production date: 1574-1613

drawing; manuscript

Museum number: 1938,0514.4.5 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Padre Sebastiano RestaDrawn by:Pier Leone Ghezzi |
Production date: 1709 1610

drawing

Museum number: 1861,1214.236 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jan van der StraetAfter:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1538-1605

drawing

Museum number: Ff,4.108 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Étienne DelauneAttributed to:Cornelis de Jode |
Production date: 1532-1600

drawing; album

Museum number: 1885,0314.216 |
Producer name: BIOG28115 Drawn by:Henry Fuseli |
Production date: 1778-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1920,0615.7 |
Producer name: BIOG50818 Drawn by:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1753-1820

drawing

Museum number: Ff,4.86 |
Producer name: BIOG28467 Drawn by:Luigi Garzi |
Production date: 1653-1721

drawing

Museum number: 1870,0813.880 |
Producer name: BIOG44108 Drawn by:Cristofano Roncalli |
Production date: 1567-1626

drawing

Museum number: 1920,0420.5 |
Producer name: BIOG27447 Attributed to:Marcello Fogolino |
Production date: 1536

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1855,0811.37 |
Producer name: BIOG19119 Drawn by:Jacopo Bellini |
Production date: 1440-1470

drawing; album

Museum number: 1950,1111.30 |
Producer name: BIOG42093 Drawn by:Domenico Piola |
Production date: 1642-1703

drawing

Museum number: Pp,3.207 |
Producer name: BIOG46894 Drawn by:Hans Speckaert |
Production date: 1530-1577

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0209.33 |
Producer name: BIOG48158 Drawn by:Antonio Tempesta |
Production date: 1570-1630

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1973,1208.83.1-45 |
Producer name: BIOG17703 Drawn by:William Artaud |
Production date: 1791-1822

drawing

Museum number: 1875,0710.2622 |
Producer name: BIOG21861 Attributed to:Alonso Cano |
Production date: 1620

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1493 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: SL,5223.36 |
Producer name: BIOG45320 After:Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone |
Production date: 1525-1563

drawing

Museum number: 1997,0712.45 |
Producer name: BIOG41167 Drawn by:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1530-1540

drawing

Museum number: 1871,0812.1661 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William James SmithAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1824

drawing

Museum number: T,12.11 |
Producer name: BIOG43118 After:Raphael |
Production date: 1498-1520

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0520.55 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0520.40 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing

Museum number: G,11.65 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing

Museum number: 1913,1216.8 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1884,0726.40.111 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1699-1716

drawing

Museum number: G,11.66 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0520.56 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1720

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0520.38 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0520.50 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing

Museum number: 1913,1216.6 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing

Museum number: 1913,1216.5 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing

Museum number: 1976,0619.23 |
Producer name: After:William DyceDrawn by:Dyce |
Production date: 1865-1955

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1865,0610.1346 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1719

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0520.52 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing

Museum number: 1913,1216.7 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing

Museum number: 1872,1012.3428 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1857,0520.48 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1675-1715

drawing

Museum number: 1976,0619.28.1 |
Producer name: After:William DyceDrawn by:Dyce |
Production date: 1865-1955

drawing

Museum number: T,4.10 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Francesco Albani |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing; album

Museum number: 1895,0915.1388 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1451-1475

drawing

Museum number: Ff,2.187 |
Producer name: BIOG23704 Drawn by:Giacomo Cortese |
Production date: 1621-1675

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1906,0723.29 |
Producer name: BIOG50005 Drawn by:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1546-1603

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.748 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Pietro FacciniFormerly attributed to:Lodovico Carracci |
Production date: 1570-1619

drawing

Museum number: 1943,1113.65 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 16thC(late)

drawing

Museum number: 1846,0709.21 |
Producer name: BIOG25264 Drawn by:Abraham van Diepenbeeck |
Production date: 1611-1675

drawing

Museum number: 1878,0713.5 |
Producer name: BIOG21572 Drawn by:Jacobus Buys |
Production date: 1795

drawing

Museum number: T,14.7 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Gerbrand van den EeckhoutFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1635-1640