Paulinus of Nola

British  

/ ˈnəʊlə /

noun

1. Saint. ?353–431 _ad , Roman consul and Christian poet; bishop of Nola (409–431). Feast day: June 22

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Example Sentences

Paulinus of Nola gave himself as a captive in exchange for a widow's son at the time of the invasion of Alaric in A.D.

From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by MacAlister, R.A. Stewart

For a similar purpose Paulinus of Nola sold the treasures of his beautiful church, and, it is said, even sold himself into African slavery.

From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry

So it was with St. Ambrose, with St. Paulinus of Nola, with Augustin himself, and Evodius and Alypius, his friends.

From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent

The appeal had no effect, and no more had the epistles, in prose and verse, addressed to him for the same purpose by Paulinus of Nola.

From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo

Paulinus of Nola, always beflowered and elegant, wrote to Augustin: "Your letters are a luminous collyrium spread over the eyes of my mind."

From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent