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Paulinus of Nola

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/ 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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When the Empire was invaded, St. Jerome and St. Augustine, Prudentius and p. 23Symmachus, Claudian and Paulinus of Nola, were all alive. 

From Romance Two Lectures by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

Paulinus of Nola describes him as aiming not only at a consulship, but also at a pagan pontificate, and reproaches and pities him for his behavior.

From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo

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

He writes to Nebridius, to Romanianus, to Paulinus of Nola; to people unknown and celebrated, in Africa, Italy, Spain, and Palestine.

From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent