Leaving Legacies: Shining Light into Darkness Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, The Apostle Paul, and The Conversion on the Way to Damascus

The two men lived centuries apart. Saul (later known as Saint Paul) lived in the 1st Century and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (professionally known as Caravaggio) lived in the late 16th into the early 17th Century. Woven into their fascinating stories is a painting by Caravaggio of Saul/Saint Paul called "The Conversion on the Way to Damascus." It bridges the chasm of their centuries into ours. St. Paul and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio were totally human. They both made serious mi...