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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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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 Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh

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

From Saint Augustin by Vincent O'Sullivan

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 Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani

In Paulinus of Nola we are reminded of the earliest Western monasteries, and the Franciscan friars represent for us the thirteenth-century revival of the religious spirit in Italy.

From Rome by Hope Malleson

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 Vincent O'Sullivan

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