Paulinus
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Paulinus/Paullinus is a Roman cognomen that can refer to:
Roman consuls
Christian saints
Others
Bishops
Fictional
- Gaius Suetonius PaulinusGaius Suetonius PaulinusGaius Suetonius Paulinus, also spelled Paullinus, was a Roman general best known as the commander who defeated the rebellion of Boudica.-Career:...
, general who defeated Boudica
Roman consuls
- Marcus Iunius Caesonius Nicomachus Anicius Faustus Paulinus, consul in 298
- Sextus Anicius Faustus Paulinus (consul 325), consul in 325
- Amnius Anicius Paulinus, consul in 334
- Paulinus (consul 498)Paulinus (consul 498)Flavius Paulinus was a Roman politician during the reign of Theodoric the Great, and was appointed consul for the year 498.- Life :Paulinus was appointed consul in 498, sharing the office with the Eastern consul, John the Hunchback...
, consul in 498 - Decius Paulinus, consul of the Western Roman EmpireWestern Roman EmpireThe Western Roman Empire was the western half of the Roman Empire after its division by Diocletian in 285; the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly referred to today as the Byzantine Empire....
in 534
Christian saints
- Paulinus of AntiochPaulinus of AntiochSaint Paulinus was an early Christian, who, along with a priest, deacon and soldier, -all of whose names were forgotten through time- suffered martyrdom in 67. Paulinus is believed to have been converted and sent by St. Peter, whom he met at Antioch, to Lucca. He is believed to be the first Bishop...
- Paulinus of Nola (Saint), who is also known as Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus
- Paulinus of YorkPaulinus of YorkPaulinus was a Roman missionary and the first Bishop of York. A member of the Gregorian mission sent in 601 by Pope Gregory I to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism, Paulinus arrived in England by 604 with the second missionary group...
, first Archbishop of York - Paulinus II of Aquileia, Italian bishop, poet, and scholar
- Paulinus of WalesPaulinus of WalesSaint Paulinus of Wales was a late 5th century Welsh holyman, revered as a saint in Carmarthenshire.Paulinus lived as a hermit and teacher at a place usually identified as Whitland , Carmarthenshire, south-west Wales. There he was the tutor of both Saint David and Saint Teilo. He founded churches...
- Paul AurelianPaul AurelianPaul Aurelian is a 6th century Welsh saint, who became one of the seven founder saints of Brittany....
, Paulinus Aurelianus
Others
- Paulinus (follower of Plotinus)
- Paulinus the DeaconPaulinus the DeaconPaulinus the Deacon was the notary of Ambrose of Milan, and his biographer. His work is the only life of Ambrose based on a contemporary account, and was written at the request of Augustine of Hippo; it is dated to 422.-Against the Pelagians:...
, 5th-century biographer of Ambrose
Bishops
- Paulinus of Treves, 4th-century bishop
- Paulinus, Bishop of AntiochPaulinus, Bishop of AntiochPaulinus was a claimant to the See of Antioch from 362 to 388. He was supported by members of the Eustathian party, and was a rival to Meletius of Antioch. The Eustathians objected to Miletius having been consecrated by Arians, and had begun to meet separately...
Fictional
- General Paulinus Maximus, fictional main character of Eagle in the SnowEagle in the SnowEagle in the Snow is a historical fiction novel. Written in 1970 by Wallace Breem, the novel is set in Britannia and Germania in the late 4th and early 5th century, and centres on the Roman general Paulinus Gaius Maximus, a Mithraic in an age of Christianization...
- Aulus Paulinus, Roman Governor of Britain in Chelmsford 123Chelmsford 123Chelmsford 123 is a British television situation comedy produced for Channel 4 by Hat Trick Productions. It ran for two series, of six and seven episodes, in 1988 and 1990....