PAUL (St) the apostle, was born at Tarsus in Cilicia, of Jewish parents. He was educated at Tarsus; which, as Strabo informs us, excelled Alexandria, Athens, and Rome itself, for polite learning. Thence he was sent to Jerusalem, to study the law under Gamaliel. Here he became a Pharisee, and engaged in a violent persecution; but was wonderfully converted in his way to Damascus. After which he preached the gospel in various parts, until he was at last sent to Rome, where he is said to have converted Poppea Sabina, Nero's concubine; for which Nero being enraged against him, commanded him to be beheaded.