Paulus
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Roman and Byzantine empire

  • Paul (jurist)
    Paul (jurist)
    Julius Paulus Prudentissimus was one of the most influential and distinguished Roman jurists. He was also a praetorian prefect under the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus.-Life:...

     or Julius Paulus (Second Century AD), Roman jurist
  • Paulus Catena
    Paulus Catena
    Paulus was the name of an imperial notary, or senior civil servant, who served under the Roman Emperor Constantius II in the middle of the 4th century. He is described by the historian Ammianus Marcellinus, who probably met him. According to Marcellinus, his cruelty was infamous throughout the...

     (-362), Roman notary
  • Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus
    Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus
    Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus was a two-time consul of the Roman Republic and a noted general who conquered Macedon putting an end to the Antigonid dynasty.-Family:...

     (229 BC-160 BC), Roman general
  • Paulus (ruler), short-time ruler over the Domain of Soissons
    Domain of Soissons
    The Domain of Soissons, by later writers called the Kingdom of Soissons, Kingdom of Aegidius or the Kingdom of Syagrius, was a rump state of the Western Roman Empire in northern Gaul for some 25 years during Late Antiquity....


Popes

  • Pope Paul I
    Pope Paul I
    Pope Paul I was pope from May 29, 757 to June 28, 767. He first served as a Roman deacon and was frequently employed by his brother, Pope Stephen II, in negotiations with the Lombard kings....

     (Pope from 757–767)
  • Pope Paul II
    Pope Paul II
    Pope Paul II , born Pietro Barbo, was pope from 1464 until his death in 1471.- Early life :He was born in Venice, and was a nephew of Pope Eugene IV , through his mother. His adoption of the spiritual career, after having been trained as a merchant, was prompted by his uncle's election as pope...

     (Pope from 1417–1471)
  • Pope Paul III
    Pope Paul III
    Pope Paul III , born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the Protestant Reformation...

     (Pope from 1534-1549)
  • Pope Paul IV
    Pope Paul IV
    Pope Paul IV, C.R. , né Giovanni Pietro Carafa, was Pope from 23 May 1555 until his death.-Early life:Giovanni Pietro Carafa was born in Capriglia Irpina, near Avellino, into a prominent noble family of Naples...

     (Pope from 1555-1559)
  • Pope Paul V
    Pope Paul V
    -Theology:Paul met with Galileo Galilei in 1616 after Cardinal Bellarmine had, on his orders, warned Galileo not to hold or defend the heliocentric ideas of Copernicus. Whether there was also an order not to teach those ideas in any way has been a matter for controversy...

     (Pope from 1605-1621)
  • Pope Paul VI
    Pope Paul VI
    Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...

     (Pope from 1963-1978)

Other

  • Paul of Tarsus or Saint Paul (AD 3-10 — 62-68)
  • Paulus Jovius (1483-1552), Italian bishop
  • Paul the Deacon
    Paul the Deacon
    Paul the Deacon , also known as Paulus Diaconus, Warnefred, Barnefridus and Cassinensis, , was a Benedictine monk and historian of the Lombards.-Life:...

     or Paulus Diaconus (ca. 720–800), Italian Benedictine monk

Other

  • Paulus (surname)
    Paulus (surname)
    - List of persons with the surname:*Alvarus Paulus, 9th century Spanish scholar and poet*Caroline von Paulus , French actress, fashion model and singer, better known by her stage name - Bambou....

    , surname (includes a list)
  • St. Paul (oratorio)
    St. Paul (oratorio)
    St. Paul , Op. 36, is an oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn.The libretto was begun in 1832 by the composer with Pastor Julius Schubring, a childhood friend, pulling together passages from the New Testament and Old Testament...

    , work by Felix Mendelssohn originally entitled 'Paulus' (in its German version)
  • Paul of Aegina
    Paul of Aegina
    Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta was a 7th-century Byzantine Greek physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia Medical Compendium in Seven Books...

     or Paulus Aegineta (625?–690?), Greek surgeon
  • Paulus Alexandrinus
    Paulus Alexandrinus
    Paulus Alexandrinus was an astrological author from the late Roman Empire. His extant work, Eisagogika, or Introductory Matters , which was written in 378 CE, is a treatment of major topics in astrology as practiced in the fourth century Roman Empire.Little is known about Paulus' life...

     (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer
  • Paulus Castrensis
    Paulus Castrensis
    Paulus Castrensis was an Italian jurist of the 14th century. He studied under Baldus de Ubaldis at Perugia, and was a fellow-pupil with Cardinal de Zabarella. He was admitted to the degree of doctor of civil law in the University of Avignon, but it is uncertain when he first undertook the duties of...

     (14th century), Italian jurist
  • Paulus Jansen
    Paulus Jansen
    Paulus Fredericus Cornelius Jansen is a Dutch politician and civil engineer. As a member of the Socialist Party he has been an MP since November 30, 2006...

     (born 1954), Dutch politician
  • Paulus Potter
    Paulus Potter
    Paulus Potter was a Dutch painter, specialized in animals in landscapes, usually with a low point of view. Before Potter died of tuberculosis, 28-years old, he succeeded in producing about a hundred paintings, working continuously.-Life:Few details are known of Potter's life...

     (17th century), Dutch painter
  • Paulus the woodgnome, children's book character by Jan van Oort
    Jan van Oort
    Jan van Oort was a Dutch children's book writer and comic strip cartoonist, working under the pseudonym of Jean Dulieu. He is known for his creation of Paulus the woodgnome....

    (Jean Dulieu)
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