Pauli conversion

Conversion of the Apostle Paul, Michelangelo Buonarotti, fresco in the Capella Paolini, 1542–45

The conversion of St. St. Paul (popularly also Pauli conversion or Pauli Bekehr ) is a festival in the church year the Catholic Church , the Orthodox , Anglican and Protestant churches. It is celebrated on January 25th and commemorates the conversion of the Apostle Paul of Tarsus before Damascus, the Damascus experience .

In the Catholic Church, the day is a festival in the general Roman calendar ; the liturgical color is white. Pauli Conversion is a day of remembrance provided for in the Evangelical Church Service Book for the Evangelical Church ; the liturgical color is red here.

Patronage see

→ Main article : Pauli Conversion Church

Farmer rules

Weather rules apply to Pauli conversion :

• "At Pauli Bekehr, winter is half back and forth."
• "Pauli convert, half winter give up."
• "When it rains or snows in St. Pauli, an expensive time follows."
• "St. Pauli conversion bright and clear, one hopes for a good year. "
• “Pauli, of course, a good year. Pauli Regen, bad blessing. "

Artist's impression

The conversion of the Apostle Paul is a popular motif in art; an example of this is the painting The Conversion of Paul by Pieter Bruegel the Elder .

Web links

Commons : Pauli Conversion  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• SCHOTT missal: January 25th - Conversion of St. Apostle Paul
• Calendar for the Evangelical Worship Book ( Memento from May 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 605 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wander (Ed.): Deutsches Sprich emphasis-Lexikon , Volume 5, Leipzig 1880, Sp. 1649, keyword “Paul”, entry 16 at Zeno.org .