Paul the Apostle

St. Paul the Apostle, also known as Saul of Tarsus (c. CE 5-c. CE 67) was a prominent leader of Christianity in the religion's infancy.

According to the Bible, Paul was born Saul of Tarsus, a Jewish citizen of the Roman Empire who actively persecuted the followers of Jesus in Jerusalem. While traveling to Damascus, Saul met the resurrected Jesus, an encounter that left Saul blind for three days. When his sight was restored, Saul converted to Christianity and became an ardent missionary. Many of his writings were critical to the formation of the New Testament.

Paul's death is unrecorded, but tradition holds that he and St. Peter were taken into custody and sentenced to death. Peter was crucified, whereas Paul, a Roman citizen, was allowed the "merciful" death of decapitation.

Paul the Apostle in Gunpowder Empire
In the alternate known as "Agrippan Rome", Paul the Apostle did live, and did play a role in early Christianity. However, certain of his epistles went to churches he hadn't written to in the home timeline, which was more fodder for the emerging discipline of Comparative Bible studies.