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Because the shared feast of Ss. Peter & Paul on June 29th traditionally focuses more on the Prince of the Apostles than on his brother in Christ, for centuries the Church has honored St. Paul with a more individual celebration on June 30th, though St. Peter is still mentioned, just as St. Paul is commemorated on every feast of St. Peter. St. Paul also enjoys a feast on January 25th, specifically celebrating his Conversion on the road to Damascus. After his conversion and baptism Paul did not immediately join the Apostles. He spent some time in solitude in Arabia, then preached in Damascus until the Jewish leaders attempted to arrest him. Paul was let down over the city walls in a basket at night, and made his way to Jerusalem. His friend St. Barnabas, who like Paul was not one of the Twelve yet bears the title of Apostle, introduced Paul to St. Peter and vouched for the honesty of the conversion of he who had been their persecutor. Thus begins Paul’s long and glorious career as an Apostle, his efforts earning him a veneration nearly equal with that given to St. Peter, culminating on earth with their nearly simultaneous deaths in Rome, as celebrated on the 29th.
THE commemoration of the holy apostle Paul.
At Limoges, in France, St. Martial, bishop, with two priests, Alpinian and Austriclinian, whose lives were distinguished for miracles.
The same day, the saints Caius, priest, and Leo, subdeacon.
At Alexandria, the passion of St. Basilides, under the emperor Severus. He protected from the insults of profligate men the saintly virgin Potamioena, whom he was leading to execution, and received from her the reward of his pious action. For, at the end of three days, she appeared to him, and placing a crown on his head, not only converted him to Christ, but by her prayers made of him, after a short combat, a glorious martyr.
At Rome, St. Lucina, a disciple of the Apostles, who relieved the necessities of the saints with her goods, visited the Christians detained in prison, buried the martyrs, and was laid by their side in a crypt constructed by herself.
In the same city, St. Emiliana, martyr.
In the territory of Viviers, St. Ostian, priest and confessor.
℣. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
℟. Thanks be to God.