Biography

Paulus was the son of Vivianus

Vivianus

- Biography :Vivianus was the father of Paulus and Adamantius.He was Praetorian prefect of the East between 459 and 460. In 463 he was appointed Consul by the Eastern court, but he was not recognised in the West, where the only Consul was Caecina Decius Basilius.Vivianus was well-known as a...

, consul in 463, and brother of Adamantius

Adamantius (praefectus urbi)

Adamantius was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, praefectus urbi of Constantinople , patricius and honorary consul.- Biography :...

, praefectus urbi of Constantinople.

Paulus was first appointed patricius and later, in 512, consul

Roman consul

A consul served in the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic.Each year, two consuls were elected together, to serve for a one-year term. Each consul was given veto power over his colleague and the officials would alternate each month...

. For his appointment to the consulate, he lent 1000 pounds of gold from Zenodotus, but he was not able to repay it, as his father, who was renowned for his generosity, had distributed much money during his office; it was emperor Anastasius I

Anastasius I (emperor)

Anastasius I was Byzantine Emperor from 491 to 518. During his reign the Roman eastern frontier underwent extensive re-fortification, including the construction of Dara, a stronghold intended to counter the Persian fortress of Nisibis....

 who paid back the debt in his place, giving other 1000 pounds of gold to Paul as a gift.

He was a fervent Christian, and Severus of Antioch

Severus of Antioch

Severus, Patriarch of Antioch , born approximately 465 in Sozopolis in Pisidia, was by birth and education a pagan, who was baptized in the "precinct of the divine martyr Leontius" at Tripoli, Lebanon.- Life :...

 dedicated him a treaty against Eutyches

Eutyches

Eutyches was a presbyter and archimandrite at Constantinople. He first came to notice in 431 at the First Council of Ephesus, for his vehement opposition to the teachings of Nestorius; his condemnation of Nestorianism as heresy precipitated his being denounced as a heretic...

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