Called and sent
From Paul’s home city of Tarsus to the Church of Antioch that sent Paul and Barnabas on mission.
Tarsus, Türkiye →Antakya, Türkiye →Catholic Tourist collection · Mediterranean
St. Paul the Apostle’s
journey.
Follow the places connected with Paul’s conversion, missionary journeys, imprisonment, martyrdom and tomb—one chapter at a time, without pretending they form a modern continuous trail.
13 pilgrimage places6 present-day countries5 journey chapters
Read the evidence carefully
Scripture, archaeology and tradition.
Each stop distinguishes what Acts records, what the archaeological site establishes and what Catholic or local Christian tradition associates with a precise place. “Traditionally associated with” is never presented as archaeological certainty.
ItalyBasilica of St. Paul Outside the WallsSaint Tomb · RomeOpen pilgrimage guide →TürkiyeChurch of St. PeterArchaeological Site · AntakyaOpen pilgrimage guide →GreeceArchaeological Site of PhilippiArchaeological Site · PhilippiOpen pilgrimage guide →GreeceAncient Corinth and the BemaArchaeological Site · Ancient CorinthOpen pilgrimage guide →GreeceAncient Agora and Areopagus of AthensArchaeological Site · AthensOpen pilgrimage guide →TürkiyeSt. Paul WellArchaeological Site · TarsusOpen pilgrimage guide →
The collection chapters
Follow the mission across the Mediterranean.
These chapters provide historical and devotional sequence. They are not a claim that an official marked route connects the sites today.
The first mission
Across Cyprus and Asia Minor, Scripture and archaeology reveal the communities that first heard Paul preach.
Paphos, Cyprus →Aksu, Türkiye →Yalvaç, Türkiye →The Gospel enters Europe
Philippi, Athens and Corinth trace the decisive movement of Paul’s mission into Macedonia and Achaia.
Philippi, Greece →Athens, Greece →Ancient Corinth, Greece →Ephesus and the return
Walk the civic settings of Paul’s long Ephesian ministry, his farewell at Miletus and his imprisonment at Caesarea.
Selçuk, Türkiye →Balat, Türkiye →Caesarea, Holy Land →Shipwreck, witness and tomb
Malta preserves a living Pauline pilgrimage tradition; Rome preserves the Apostle’s tomb and final witness.
Rabat, Malta →Rome, Italy →The mapped collection
Every phase-one destination
01
Basilica of St. Paul Outside the WallsSaint Tomb · Rome, Italy
→02Church of St. PeterArchaeological Site · Antakya, Türkiye
→03Archaeological Site of PhilippiArchaeological Site · Philippi, Greece
→04Ancient Corinth and the BemaArchaeological Site · Ancient Corinth, Greece
→05Ancient Agora and Areopagus of AthensArchaeological Site · Athens, Greece
→06St. Paul WellArchaeological Site · Tarsus, Türkiye
→07Perge Archaeological SiteArchaeological Site · Aksu, Türkiye
→08Pisidian Antioch Archaeological SiteArchaeological Site · Yalvaç, Türkiye
→09Miletus Archaeological SiteArchaeological Site · Balat, Türkiye
→10Ephesus Ancient CityArchaeological Site · Selçuk, Türkiye
→11Chrysopolitissa Basilica and St. Paul’s PillarArchaeological Site · Paphos, Cyprus
→12Basilica and Grotto of St. PaulShrine · Rabat, Malta
→13Caesarea Maritima National ParkArchaeological Site · Caesarea, Holy Land
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