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Paulinus of Nola

Paulinus of Nola (/pɔːˈlaɪnəs/; Latin: Paulinus Nolanus; also anglicized as Pauline of Nola;[2] c. 354 – 22 June 431) born Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus,[3] was a Roman poet, writer, and senator who attained the ranks of suffect consul (c. 377) and governor of Campania (c. 380 – c. 381) but – following the assassination of the emperor Gratian and under the influence of his Hispanic wife Therasia of Nola — abandoned his career, was baptized as a Christian, and probably after Therasia's death became bishop of Nola in Campania. While there, he wrote poems in honor of his predecessor Saint Felix and corresponded with other Christian leaders throughout the empire. He is credited with the introduction of bells to Christian worship and helped resolve the disputed election of Pope Boniface I.

For other uses, see Saint Paulinus.

Saint

Paulinus of Nola

22 June 354
Burdigala, Gallia Aquitania, Roman Empire

22 June 431 (aged 76–77)
Nola in Campania, the Praetorian prefecture of Italy, Western Roman Empire

His renunciation of his wealth and station in favor of an ascetic and philanthropic life was held up as an example by many of his contemporaries—including Augustine, Jerome, Martin, and Ambrose—and he was subsequently venerated as a saint. His relics became a focus of pilgrimage, but were removed from Nola sometime between the 11th and 20th centuries. His feast day is observed on 22 June in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. In Nola, the entire week around his feast day is celebrated as the Festival of the Lilies.

Legend[edit]

Gregory the Great recounts a popular story that alleges that when the Vandals raided Campania, a poor widow came to Paulinus for help when her only son had been carried off by the son-in-law of the Vandal king. Having exhausted his resources in ransoming other captives, Paulinus said, "Such as I have I give thee", and went to Africa to exchange places with the widow's son. There Paulinus was accepted in place of the widow's son, and employed as gardener. After a time the king found out that his son-in-law's slave was the great Bishop of Nola. He at once set him free, granting him also the freedom of all the captive townsmen of Nola.[18] According to Pope Benedict XVI, "the historical truth of this episode is disputed, but the figure of a Bishop with a great heart who knew how to make himself close to his people in the sorrowful trials of the barbarian invasions lives on."[5]

Modern devotion to Saint Paulinus[edit]

The people of modern-day Nola and the surrounding regions remain devoted to Saint Paulinus. His feast day is celebrated annually in Nola during "La Festa dei Gigli" (the Feast of the Lilies), in which Gigli and several large statues in honor of the saint, placed on towers, are carried upon the shoulders of the faithful around the city. In the United States the descendants of Italian immigrants from Nola and Brusciano continue the tradition in Brooklyn. This proud tradition is also kept alive in East Harlem, held on Giglio Way by the Giglio Society of East Harlem and on Long Island in West Hempstead with the Sons of San Paulino di Nola.[21]


Paulinus is also venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, where his feast day commemorated on 23 January.[22]

Ausonius, & Paulinus of Nola, Ausone et Paulin de Nole : Correspondance, tr. D. Amherdt (2004) [Latin text ; French translation]. Introduction, Latin text, French translation & notes. Bern: Peter Lang Publ., 2004 (Sapheneia, Beiträge zur Klassischen Philologie ; 9) VII, 247 p.  3-03910-247-8

ISBN

Paulinus Nolanus, Carmina, ed. F. Dolveck (2015) (Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina, 21), Turnhout: Brepols Publishers ( 978-2-503-55807-3)

ISBN

Paulinus of Nola, Sancti Pontii Meropii Paulini Nolani Opera, ed. G. de Hartel (2nd. ed. cur. M. Kamptner, 2 vols., 1999) [v.1. Epistulae; v.2. Carmina. Latin texts]

Paulinus of Nola, Paolino di Nola I Carmi ..., ed. A. Ruggiero (1996)

Paulinus of Nola, Paolino di Nola Le Lettere. Testo latino con introduzione, traduzione italiana ..., ed. G. Santaniello (2 vols., 1992)

Paulinus of Nola, The Poems of Paulinus of Nola translated ... by ), 1975 (Ancient Christian Writers, 40). ISBN 9780809101979

P. G. Walsh

Paulinus of Nola, Letters of St Paulinus of Nola translated ... by P. G. Walsh, 2 vols., 1966–7 (Ancient Christian Writers, 35—36).  9780809100880, 9780809100897

ISBN

Paulinus Noster Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola (2000)

Catherine Conybeare

Trout, Dennis E (1999). Paulinus of Nola – Life, Letters, and Poems. Berkeley: University of California Press.  978-0-520-21709-6.

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Gardner, Edmund G., ed. (1911). . Merchantville, NJ: Evolution Publishing. ISBN 978-1-889758-94-7.—Chapter III of the Dialogues contains a long anecdote about Paulinus.

The Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Great

J. Morelli, De S. Paulini Nolani Doctrina Christologica (Theology Doctorate dissertation, Pontificia Facultas Theologica Neapolitana apud Majus Seminarium, ex Typographica Officina Forense, Neapoli, MCMXLV)

J. T. Lienhard, "Paulinus of Nola and Early Western Monasticism, with a study of the Chronology of His Work and an Annotated Bibliography," 1879–1976 (Theophaneia 28) (Köln-Bonn 1977), pp. 192–204;

C. Magazzù, 'Dieci anni di studi su Paolino di Nola' (1977–1987), in Bollettino di studi latini 18 (1988), pp. 84–103;

C. Iannicelli, 'Rassegna di studi paoliniani' (1980–1997), in Impegno e Dialogo 11 (1994–1996) [publish.1997], pp. 279–321

Rassegna Iannicelli

Brooklyn Giglio "In honor of Our Lady of Mt Carmel and San Paulino di Nola"

Sons of San Paolino

of Pope Benedict XVI about Paulinus

Catechesis

Giglio USA

(in Italian)

San Paolino de Nola

at Musisque Deoque

Works in Latin

at The Latin Library

Works in Latin

in the Scaife Viewer

Works in Latin

(1471–1484) that contains: Epistula de obitu Paulini by Uranius, Vita sancti Paulini by Pope Gregory I, Epistolae by Paulinus of Nola and fragments about the life of Paulinus of Nola, at Somni.

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