St. Paul

Paul was born in Tarsus, which is in southern Turkey. His early ministry was in Turkey. I imagine that crossing over into Macedonia (Greek territory--moving from Asia to Europe) was a big step out of his "comfort zone."

• Catholic Encyclopedia (1917--a lot of scholarship has taken place since then--see the table below from the JBC):

Year	Event	Scriptural refs
35	Conversion
37	first visit to Jerusalem
37-43	sojourn at Tarsus
43-44	apostolate at Antioch
44 or 45	second visit to Jerusalem
45-49	first mission
49 or 50	third visit to Jerusalem
50-53	second mission
52	(1 and 2 Thessalonians)
53	fourth visit to Jerusalem
53-57	third mission
56	(1 and 2 Corinthians; Galatians)
57	(Romans)
57	fifth visit to Jerusalem, arrest
59	arrival of Festus, departure for Rome
60-62	captivity at Rome
61	(Philemon; Colossians; Ephesians; Philippians)
62-66	second period of activity
66	(1 Timothy; Titus), second arrest
67	(2 Timothy), martyrdom

• Wikipedia
  • "An Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin, circumcised on the eighth day" (Philippians 3:5).

• Jerome Biblical Commentary (1990)

Date	Epistle
50-51	1 Thessalonians	Notes
54	Galatians	Notes
54-58	Philippians
54-57	1 Corinthians
54-55	2 Corinthians
57-58	Romans
56-63	Philemon
64-67	Peter and Paul martyred in Rome during Nero's reign
66-70	Jewish revolt against Romans -- 2nd destruction of Temple
70-80	Colossians
after Col	Ephesians
51-100?	2 Thessalonians
~100	Titus
~100	1 Timothy (author of Titus)
~100	2 Timothy (author of Titus)