Paolino Veneto[1] (c. 1272 – 22 June 1344) was an Italian Franciscan inquisitor, diplomat and historian. He served as an ambassador for the Republic of Venice and the Papacy. From 1324 until his death, he was the bishop of Pozzuoli. He simultaneously served as a member of the royal council of King Robert of Naples. He wrote three universal chronicles in Latin–the Epithoma, Compendium and Satirica–and a mirror for princes in Venetian.
- ^ This is the form of the name used by Morosini & Ciccuto 2020 and Cecchini 1998 (also mentioned in von den Brincken 2000 and Daniel 2010). Other forms include Paolino da Venezia (Fontana 2014), Paolino Minorita (Bruni 1935), Paulinus of Venice (Daniel 2010, Smith 2003), Paulinus Minorita (Daniel 2010, von den Brincken 2000) and Paulinus Venetus (Anderson 1996). He may also be called Fra Paolino (Anderson 1996, Miller 2007) or his name anglicized as Paulin (Menache 1998).