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Paul the Deacon
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8th century Benedictine monk, scribe and historian
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Paul the Deacon was a male historian, poet, writer, and monk of the Benedictines religious order. Born in Cividale del Friuli around 720, he was a member of the Lombards ethnic group and a citizen of the Kingdom of the Lombards. He wrote in medieval Latin and Italian and was a member of the Catholic Church.
His notable works include the History of the Lombards, Origo Gentis Langobardorum, De gestis Longobardorum libri VI, and Expositio Artis Donati. He flourished around the year 800 and died in 799 at the Abbey of Monte Cassino. His writings are described in sources such as the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 720
- Died
- 799?
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Historiæ Romanæ epitomæ Lucii Iulii Flori, C. Vell. Paterculi, Sex. Aur. Victoris, Sexti Rufi Festi, Messalae Corvini, Eutropii, Paulii Diaconi, M. Aur Cassiodori, Iornandis, & Iulii Exuperantii
- De gestis Longobardorum libri VI
- Pauli Historia Langobardorum
- Expositio Artis Donati, seu, Incipit Ars Donati quam Paulus Diaconus exposuit
- Storia dei Longobardi
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Key facts
- Title
- Deacon
- Born
- Paulus Warnefridus , c. 720s, Cividale del Friuli , Kingdom of the Lombards
- Died
- 13 April in 796, 797, 798, or 799 AD, Monte Cassino , Patrimony of Saint Peter
- Nationality
- Lombard
- Parent s
- Warnefrid and Theodelinda
- Known for
- History of the Lombards
- Occupation
- Benedictine monk, scribe, and historian
- Religion
- pre-Schism Latin Church
- Order
- Benedictines
- Ordination
- c. 782
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Lombards
- Place of birth
- Cividale del Friuli
- Place of death
- Abbey of Monte Cassino
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- PaulusDiaconus Plut.65.35.jpg
- Religious order
- Benedictines
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- date of birth
- 0720-00-00
- date of death
- 0799-00-00
- Commons category
- Paulus Diaconus
- writing language
- medieval Latin
- floruit
- 0800-00-00
- P13311
- Cyndi Lauper
- Commons Creator page
- Paul the Deacon
- ethnic group
- Lombards
Sources (3)
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Works in European collections
29 objects attributed to Paul the Deacon, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Gesta Langobardorum: VI libris comprehensa
Historia Romana, Fragment
Homiliarium Pauli Diaconi - Cod. Aug. perg. 19
Theologica
Homiliarius doctorum [Printed Text]
Paul Warnefried's, Diakons von Forum-Julii Geschichte der Langobarden
L'Historie Seguenti à quelle d'Eutropio, De i fatti de' Romani Imperatori
Paulus Diakonus und die übrigen Geschichtschreiber der Langobarden
Della origine et fatti de i Re Longobardi; trad. per Lodovico Domenichi
Historia Romana, Fragment
Expositio Pauli Diaconi super regulam s. Benedicti cap. 14-61 - Cod. Aug. perg. 179
Pauli Diaconi Expositio in Regulam s. Benedicti - Cod. Aug. perg. 203
Epitoma librorum Pompei Festi de significatione verborum : Ms. Ham. 524
Paulus Diaconus: Gesta Langobardorum
Paulus Diaconus: Epitoma Pompei Festi - Petrus de Mantua: Logica : Ms. Ham. 525
Vocabularius Theologie :
Homiliarium Pauli Diaconi - Cod. Aug. perg. 29
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Homeliarius doctor[um] Jn Eua[n]gelia dominicalia de tempore et de sanctis per anni cursum: cu[m] insertione trium libroru[m] Alcuini de fide Trinitatis: noua limataq[ue] castigatione: cu[m] insententia[que] distincta expunctatione: tum concorda[n]tia[que] Biblie dilige[n]tissima reuisione: examussim emendatus: Apposito ad calcem principaliu[m] sententiarum totius operis alphabetario indice: sine quod vocant: Registro
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Encyclopedic overview
Paul the Deacon (c. 720s – 13 April in 796, 797, 798, or 799 AD), also known as Paulus Diaconus, Warnefridus, Barnefridus, or Winfridus, and sometimes suffixed Cassinensis ("of Casīnum", the citadel of which was present day Monte Cassino), was a Benedictine monk, scribe, and historian of the Lombards.
Life
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