Saint Paulinus II | |
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 Paulinus II of Aquileia blessing the Friulian-Slavic army before its campaign against the Avars. Depiction from the Aquileia Cathedral. | |
| Born | c. 726 Premariacco |
| Died | 802 or 804 Cividale |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | January 11 |
Saint Paulinus II (c. 726 – 11 January 802 or 804 AD) was a priest, theologian, poet, and one of the most eminent scholars of the Carolingian Renaissance.[1] From 787 to his death, he was the Patriarch of Aquileia in what is now northeastern Italy. He participated in a number of synods which opposed Spanish Adoptionism and promoted both reforms and the adoption of the Filioque into the Nicene Creed. In addition, Paulinus arranged for the peaceful Christianisation of the Avars and the alpine Slavs in the territory of the Aquileian patriarchate. For this, he is also known as the apostle of the Slovenes.
- ^ Butler, Alban; Hugh Farmer, David (1995). "St Paulinus of Aquileia, Bishop (c. 726–804)". Butler's Lives of the Saints: New Full Edition. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 74–75. ISBN 9780860122500.