PAOLO di BERNRIED. - Canon Regular of St Augustine, died c. 1146. He wrote a Vita Gregorii VII (1128), the Vita Herlucae (1130), and several private letters to the clerics of Milan. Around 1100 he was a canon at Ratisbona, belonged to the strict Gregorian party, and, after lengthy persecutions, was obliged to flee with his disciple Gebhard in 1121.
Ordained priest in 1117, he deepened his relations with the Canons Regular of St Augustine, often visiting Sigebot of Rottenbuch and the recluse Herluka at Epfach. He entered the monastery of Bernried, founded in 1122, went to Rome to obtain the bull of confirmation, and stopped in Milan on his return. In 1126, under Bishop Cuno, he was at Ratisbona; finally, he withdrew to the monastery of the Canons Regular of St Augustine of St. Mang, founded by Gebhard at Stadtamhof. P. was an active compiler. He endeavoured to spread the liturgy of Milan. His identity with Paulus Judaeus, author of a Vita Erhardi, is not clear.