Portrait of Paul the Deacon

Paul the Deacon

Authors · Christian monk · cleric · historian · monk

8th century Benedictine monk, scribe and historian

About Paul the Deacon

Paul the Deacon (c. 720s – 13 April in 796, 797, 798, or 799 AD), also known as Paulus Diaconus, Warnefridus, Barnefridus, or Winfridus, and sometimes suffixed Cassinensis ("of Casīnum", the citadel of which was present day Monte Cassino), was a Benedictine monk, scribe, and historian of the Lombards of Latin language.

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History of the Lombards, Gesta episcoporum Mettensium, Historia Romana

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