U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                     FORM 5

                  ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check box if no longer  subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
[_]  Form 3 Holdings Reported
[_]  Form 4 Transactions Reported
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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

   Sprenger                         Gordon                 M.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)
  Abbott Northwestern Hospital, 800 East 28th Street, Rought 16500
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                                    (Street)
  Minneapolice                        MN                  55407
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)

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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

                        THE ST. PAUL COMPANIES, INC. (SPC)
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)

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4.   Statement for Month/Day/Year

     December 31, 2002
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [X]  Director                             [ ]  10% Owner
     [ ]  Officer (give title below)           [ ]  Other (specify below)

Title if applicable:  Director
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [ ]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                   5.
                                                                                            Amount of     6.
                                                            4.                              Securities    Owner-
                                                            Securities Acquired (A)         Beneficially  ship
                                   2a.         3.           or Disposed of (D)              Owned         Form:     7.
                                   Deemed      Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             at End        Direct    Nature of
                       2.          Execution   Code         ------------------------------  of Issuer's   (D) or    Indirect
1.                     Transaction Date, if    (Instr. 8)                   (A)             Fiscal Year   Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security      Date        any         ------------   Amount        or     Price    (Instr. 3     (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)             (mm/yy)     (mm/dd/yy)                               (D)             and 4)        (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.



FORM 5 (continued)



Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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                                                                                                                   10.
                                                                                                         9.        Owner-
                                                                                                         Number    ship
                                                                                                         of        Form
           2.                                                                                            Deriv-    of
           Conver-                            5.                              7.                         ative     Deriv-   11.
           sion                               Number of                       Title and Amount           Secur-    ative    Nature
           or                                 Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ities     Secur-   of
           Exer-          3A.         4.      Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Bene-     ity:     In-
           cise   3.      Deemed      Trans-  Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       ficially  Direct   direct
           Price  Trans-  Execution   action  or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.         of     action  Date, if    Code    of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    Following In-      ficial
Title of   Deriv- Date    any(Month/  (Instr. (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   Reported  direct   Owner-
Derivative ative  (Month/ Day/Year)   8)      4 and 5)       Date     Expira-           Number  ity      Tran(s)   (I)      ship
Security   Secur- Day/    ------     --------                Exer-    tion              of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity    Year)                        (A)   (D)     cisable  Date     Title    Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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Phantom   $0.00 01/17/02                J    130.24                           Common   130.24  $40.5977              D
Stock                                                                         Stock
Units (1)
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Phantom   $0.00 04/17/02                J    110.39                           Common   110.39  $49.9518              D
Stock                                                                         Stock
Units (1)
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Phantom   $0.00 07/17/02                J    185.59                           Common   185.59  $30.6492              D
Stock                                                                         Stock
Units (1)
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Phantom   $0.00 10/17/02                J    169.33                           Common   169.33  $33.9650   20,001.71  D
Stock                                                                         Stock
Units (1)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) These are phantom shares acquired through dividend reinvestment under the Company's Deferred Stock Plan for Non-Employee
Directors.  Distributions must be received by the reporting person in stock according to an election previously made by the
reporting person, approved by the Company's Board Governance Committee, and kept on file by the Company.  Acquisitions are
exempt under Rule 16-3(d).


                               By:  /s/ Gordon M. Sprenger                    021403
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                                      **Signature of Reporting Person         Date


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