Originally, this feast was a celebration of the transfer of the body of the Apostle Paul from the Appian Way, to the Ostian Way or, more likely, the transfer of a relic of the Apostle, to some church in Gaul around the tenth century, when the feast was first celebrated. Apparently the notion of the change from one place to another became the idea of Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus. From the beginning, this celebration has been near the feast of Saint Peter’s Chair in Rome, a fact that is not without significance. (MTR) Photo by Jonathan Bowers on Unsplash
