Did St. Paul ever meet the Blessed Virgin?

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We know from his own testimony that he at least met Peter, John, and James (the relative of our Lord) (Galatians 2:9); but I can’t find any indication from either scripture of tradition that he met the the Blessed Virgin Mary. Do you think they ever met? What do you think their encounter would’ve been like?
 
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St. Paul couldn’t have been at Pentecost, he hadn’t become a Christian yet, he was persecuting the Church.
 
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There is no evidence from the Bible that he met her. But, naturally, he might have, and I would expect she was among the Christians in Jerusalem, where Saint Paul sometimes was. But this is all speculation.
If he did meet her, he would have treated her with reverence.
 
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I can’t find any indication from either scripture of tradition that he met the the Blessed Virgin Mary. Do you think they ever met?
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There is a tradition that John took Mary with him to Ephesus, where she remained until her dormition.

It is also thought that Luke met and collected stories from Mary for his Gospel, becuase it contains details not found in the others. It is possible that this occurred in Ephesus. Paul’s conversion may have been as much as 15 years after Pentecost, and during that time, the disciples scattered out of Jerusalem. Luke does not give any indication that he interviewed Mary in his Gospel, or that Paul may have been with him at the time.
 
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