Facts: - imagesize: 220px - death place: eleutheropolis -lrb- tradition -rrb- - caption: '' pietro da cortona , 1631 ananias restoring the sight of saint paul '' - feast day: january 25 - major shrine: surb zoravor church of yerevan in armenia . - titles: disciple - name: ananias of damascus - image: saint paul ananias sight restored.jpg - birth place: unknown -lrb- perhaps damascus -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ananias of damascus .
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ananias -lrb- ; , same as hebrew , hananiah , '' favoured of the '' -rrb- , was a disciple of jesus at damascus mentioned in the acts of the apostles in the bible , which describes how he was sent by jesus to restore the sight of '' saul , of tarsus '' -lrb- known later as paul the apostle -rrb- and provide him with additional instruction in the way of the lord .