ID: 901001238 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001238	Record Type: Literature

	Conversion of Saint Paul (Christian iconography)

Note: Narrative in which Paul, then called "Saul" and a persecutor of Christians, is traveling on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus. The resurrected Jesus dramatically appears to him in a great light; he was struck blind, but after three days his sight was restored by Ananias of Damascus, and Paul began to preach that Jesus of Nazareth is the Jewish Messiah and the Son of God. From Acts 9:1-18.

Display Date: 1st century

Names:

	Conversion of Saint Paul (Christian iconography) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Conversion of Saul (Christian iconography) (English,U,P)
	Conversione di San Paolo (Christian iconography) (Italian-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Other Christian narratives> (P)
		............Life of Saint Paul (Christian iconography) (I)
		................Conversion of Saint Paul (Christian iconography) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Paul the Apostle, Saint
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Paul the Apostle, Saint (Christian character)) [901001058]

Other Relationships:

	topic is .... conversion (activity)
	.....(events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Christianity
	.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... hagiography (literary genre)
	.....(biographies (literary genre), genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Conversion of Saint Paul (Christian iconography)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Conversion of Saul (Christian iconography)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Conversione di San Paolo (Christian iconography)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 73F221 story of the conversion of Paul
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/351065
	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/2481/master-of-the-dresden-prayer-book-or-workshop-initial-p-saint-peter-and-the-conversion-of-saint-paul-flemish-about-1480-1485-/