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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Paulinus, bishop of Nola, ob. 431

Saint ID

S01321

Reported Death Not Before

431

Reported Death Not After

431

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00692Sulpicius Severus writes the Life of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in c. 395, before Martin's death, presenting him as an ideal monk, even when a bishop, and as a great miracle-worker and confounder of the devil. Written in Latin at Primuliacum (south-west Gaul). Overview entry.
E02448Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry.
E02778Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (108), tells of the holy life of *Paulinus (bishop of Nola, ob. 431, S01321); how he wrote in verse about *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and was visited when dying by Martin and *Genuarius/Ianuarius (bishop, and martyr of Naples, S01322). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.
E04382Gregory the Great, in his Dialogues (3.1), describes how *Paulinus (bishop of Nola, ob. 431, S01321) offered himself to the Vandals as a slave in order to redeem a prisoner; he also describes Paulinus’ gift of prophecy, which secured the freedom of many prisoners in Africa, and a miracle which occurred on his deathbed. Written in Latin in Rome, c. 593.
E04859The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 22 June.
E07860The priest Uranius writes On the death of *Paulinus (bishop of Nola, ob. 431, S01321), recounting the pious death of the saint; how he was visited before dying by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Ianuarius/Genuarius (bishop, and martyr of Naples, S01322); and how, after his death, he visited a bishop of Naples, encouraging him to join him in heaven. Written in Latin at Nola, shortly after 431.