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St. Paul the Apostle
The Conversion of St. Paul (second version), oil on canvas by Caravaggio, 1601; in Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome.
In the late 50s CE, St. Paul the Apostle returned to Jerusalem to deliver funds he had collected for the local church. During this visit, he was arrested for allegedly taking a Gentile too far into the Temple of Jerusalem precincts, an act that violated religious regulations regarding restricted areas of the Temple. Following this arrest, Paul underwent a series of trials before eventually being sent to Rome.1