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The saints

St. Paulinus of Nola

A rich Roman senator and his wife who gave it all away after losing their baby.

Feast: 22 June · 354 to 431 · The early Church · Bordeaux, Spain and Nola, Italy

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Stained-glass window of St. Paulinus of Nola as a bishop in a miter.

Tiroler Glasmalerei, 1910. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

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Nola, near Naples, the 5th century

Paulinus was a wealthy Roman governor and poet, married to a Spanish woman named Therasia.1

Their only child died days after birth.1

The two of them gave away their fortune and moved to Nola to live simply and pray.

Patronage No official patronage we can cite yet. The Church remembers him as a poet and generous bishop.

01St. Paulinus of Nola

Bishop of Nola

The people made Paulinus a priest and later bishop of Nola, and he cared for the poor and pilgrims.1

He wrote letters to Augustine and Jerome and poems for the feasts of the saints.1

Live it this week

Grieve together

Paulinus and Therasia let their loss draw them closer to God and each other. If you are carrying a loss, share it with your spouse or closest friend this week and pray together for the one you lost.

Notes

How we know · 1 source for this page
  1. Franciscan Media, Saint of the Day: “Saint Paulinus of Nola”. franciscanmedia.org. franciscanmedia.org

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