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
| ID | Title | E00692 | Sulpicius 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. | E02448 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry. | E02778 | Gregory 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. | E04382 | Gregory 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. | E04859 | The 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. | E07860 | The 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. |
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