PAUL THE DEACON. - Monk and historian. Nearly all that is known of his life is drawn almost exclusively from his own works. Of noble Lombard family established at Cividale del Friuli since the conquest, he was the son of Warnefrit and of Teudelinda; he himself recalls his brother Arichi and a sister who was a nun.
He was educated at the court of Pavia, where he had as his teacher a certain Flavian, a nephew of the grammarian Felix, and he belonged to the palace clergy. Protected by King Rachis, he then remained in the service of King Desiderius, who entrusted him with the education of his daughter Adelperga and accompanied her on her first journey to Benevento when she went to be married to Duke Arichi. Towards 768 he dedicated to her his Historia Romana, a continuation of that of Eutropius, brought down to the time of Justinian. The fall of the Lombard kingdom reduced Paul’s family to poverty and forced him himself to take refuge by becoming a monk at Monte Cassino, which was then flourishing more than ever; these misfortunes induced Paul in 782 to seek mercy for himself and his family from Charlemagne; the latter summoned him to his court as a teacher, alongside another
HYACINTH OF THE HOLY CROSSPAUL THE DEACON. — Monk and historian. Nearly all that is known of his life is derived almost exclusively from his own works. Of noble Lombard stock established at Cividale del Friuli from the time of the conquest, he was the son of Warnefrit and the mother Teudelinda; he himself mentions a brother Arichi and a sister who was a nun.
He was educated at the court of Pavia, where he had as his teacher a certain Flavian, a nephew of the grammarian Felix, and he belonged to the palace clergy. Protected by King Rachis, he later remained in the service of King Desiderius, who entrusted to him the education of his daughter Adelperga, and
accompanied her when she first went to Benevento to become the bride of Duke Arichis. To her, about the year 768, he dedicated his *Historia Romana*, a continuation of that of Eutropius, carried down to the time of Justinian. The fall of the Lombard kingdom reduced Paul’s family to poverty and forced him himself to seek refuge by becoming a monk at Monte Cassino, which was then flourishing more than ever; these many misfortunes induced Paul in 782 to appeal for mercy to Charlemagne, both for himself and for his family; the latter summoned him to his court as a teacher, alongside the other
Hyacinth of the Most Holy CrossPAUL THE DEACON. — Monk and historian. Nearly all that is known of his life is derived almost exclusively from his own works. Of noble Lombard family established at Cividale del Friuli since the conquest, he was the son of Warnefrit and the mother Teudelinda; he himself mentions a brother Arichi and a sister who was a nun.
He was educated at the court of Pavia, where he had as his teacher a certain Flavian, a nephew of the grammarian Felix, and he belonged to the palace clergy. Protected by King Rachis, he later stayed with King Desiderius who entrusted him with the education of his daughter Adelperga and accompanied her on her first journey to Benevento when she went to be married to Duke Arichis. About 768 he dedicated to her his Historia Romana, a continuation of that of Eutropius brought down to the time of Justinian. The fall of the Lombard kingdom reduced his family to poverty and forced him himself to seek refuge by becoming a monk at Monte Cassino, which was then flourishing more than ever; these misfortunes induced Paul in 782 to appeal for mercy to Charlemagne for himself and his family; the latter summoned him to his court as a teacher alongside another
Hyacinth of the Most Holy CrucifixPAUL THE DEACON. - Monk and historian. What is known of his life is derived almost exclusively from his works. Of noble Lombard family settled at Cividale del Friuli since the conquest, he was the son of Warnefrit and of Teudelinda; he himself mentions his brother Arichi and a sister who was a nun.
He was educated at the court of Pavia, where he had as his teacher a Flavian, a nephew of the grammarian Felix, and he belonged to the palace clergy. Protected by King Rachis, he later stayed with King Desiderius, who entrusted him with the education of his daughter Adelperga and accompanied her on her first journey to Benevento when she went to be married to Duke Arichis. Towards 768 he presented to her his *Historia Romana*, a continuation of that of Eutropius, carried down to the time of Justinian. The fall of the Lombard kingdom reduced Paul’s family to poverty and forced him himself to seek refuge by becoming a monk at Monte Cassino, which was then flourishing more than ever; these misfortunes led Paul in 782 to appeal for mercy to Charlemagne for himself and his kin; the latter summoned him to his court as a teacher, alongside the other
Hyacinth of the Most Holy Cross
PAUL THE DEACON. – Monk and historian. Nearly everything known about his life is derived almost exclusively from his own works. Of noble Lombard stock settled in Cividale del Friuli since the conquest, he was the son of Warnefrit and of Teudelinda; he himself mentions his brother Arichi and a sister who was a nun.
He was educated at the court of Pavia, where he had as his teacher a certain Flavian, a nephew of the grammarian Felix, and he belonged to the palace clergy. Protected by King Rachis, he later remained at the court of King Desiderius, who entrusted him with the education of his daughter Adelperga and accompanied her on her first journey to Benevento when she went to be married to Duke Arichi. Around 768 he dedicated to her his Historia Romana, a continuation of that of Eutropius brought down to the time of Justinian. The fall of the Lombard kingdom reduced Paul’s family to poverty and forced him himself to take refuge by becoming a monk at Monte Cassino, which was then flourishing more than ever; these misfortunes induced him in 782 to seek mercy from Charlemagne for himself and his kin; the latter summoned him to his court as a teacher alongside another
HYACINTH OF THE HOLY CROSSPAUL THE DEACON. — Monk and historian. Nearly all that is known of his life is derived almost exclusively from his own works. Of noble Lombard stock settled in Cividale del Friuli since the conquest, he was the son of Warnefrit and the mother Teudelinda; he himself mentions a brother Arichi and a sister who was a nun.
He was educated at the court of Pavia, where he had as his teacher a certain Flavian, a nephew of the grammarian Felix, and he belonged to the palace clergy. Protected by King Rachis, he later remained at the court of King Desiderius, who entrusted him with the education of his daughter Adelperga, and he
accompanied her to Benevento when she went to be married to Duke Arichis. To her, about 768, he dedicated his Historia Romana, a continuation of that of Eutropius carried down to the time of Justinian. The fall of the Lombard kingdom reduced Paul’s family to poverty and forced him himself to seek refuge by becoming a monk at Monte Cassino, which was then flourishing more than ever; these many misfortunes induced Paul in 782 to beg for mercy from Charlemagne for himself and his family; Charlemagne summoned him to his court as a teacher alongside the other
Hyacinth of the Most Holy CrossPAUL THE DEACON. — Monk and historian. Nearly all that is known of his life is derived almost exclusively from his own works. Of noble Lombard stock settled in Cividale del Friuli since the conquest, he was the son of Warnefrit and the mother Teudelinda; he himself mentions a brother Arichi and a sister who was a nun.
He was educated at the court of Pavia, where he had as his teacher a certain Flavian, a nephew of the grammarian Felix, and he belonged to the palace clergy. Protected by King Rachis, he later stayed with King Desiderius, who entrusted him with the education of his daughter Adelperga and accompanied her on her first journey to Benevento when she went to be married to Duke Arichis. About 768 he presented to her his *Historia Romana*, a continuation of that of Eutropius carried down to the time of Justinian. The fall of the Lombard kingdom reduced his family to poverty and forced him himself to seek refuge by becoming a monk at Monte Cassino, which was then flourishing more than ever; these misfortunes induced Paul in 782 to appeal for mercy to Charlemagne for himself and his kin; the latter summoned him to his court as a teacher alongside the other
Hyacinth of the Most Holy CrucifixPAUL THE DEACON. - Monk and historian. What is known of his life is derived almost exclusively from his works. Of noble Lombard family settled at Cividale del Friuli since the conquest, he was the son of Warnefrit and of Teudelinda; he himself mentions his brother Arichi and a sister who was a nun.
He was educated at the court of Pavia, where he had as his teacher a Flavian, nephew of the grammarian Felix, and he belonged to the palace clergy. Protected by King Rachis, he then remained at the court of King Desiderius, who entrusted him with the education of his daughter Adelperga and accompanied her on her first journey to Benevento when she went to be married to Duke Arichis. Towards 768 he presented to her his Historia Romana, a continuation of that of Eutropius brought down to the time of Justinian. The fall of the Lombard kingdom reduced Paul’s family to poverty and forced him himself to seek refuge by becoming a monk at Monte Cassino, which was then flourishing more than ever; these misfortunes induced Paul in 782 to beg for mercy from Charlemagne for himself and his kin; Charlemagne summoned him to his court as a teacher alongside the other
Hyacinth of the Most Holy Crucifix
PAOLO DIACONO. - Monaco e storico. Quel che si sa della sua vita si ricava quasi esclusivamente dalle sue opere. Di nobile famiglia longobarda stabilita a Cividale del Friuli sino dalla conquista, ebbe per padre Warnefrit, per madre Teudelinda; egli stesso ricorda il fratello Arichi e una sorella monaca.
Fu educato alla corte di Pavia, dove ebbe per maestro un Flaviano, nipote del grammatico Felice, e fece parte del clero palatino. Protetto dal re Rachis, stette poi presso il re Desiderio che gli affidò l'educazione della figlia Adelpenga ed accompa-
gno questa primissima essa a Benevento quando andò sposa al duca Arichi. A lei verso il 768 offrì la sua Historia Roma: continuazione di quella di Eutropio condotta sinolto tempo di Giustiniano. La caduta del Regno longobardo ridusse alla miseria la famiglia di P. e costrinse lui stesso a trovar rifugio facendosi monaco a Montecassino che allora andava sempre più fiorendo; tante disgrazie indussero nel 782 P. a chiedere pietà a Carlomagno per sé e per i suoi; questi lo chiamò alla sua corte quale maestro accanto all'altro
Giacinto del S.mo Crocifisso
PAOLO DIACONO. - Monaco e storico. Quel che si sa della sua vita si ricava quasi esclusivamente dalle sue opere. Di nobile famiglia longobarda stabilita a Cividale del Friuli sino dalla conquista, ebbe per padre Warnefrit, per madre Teudelinda; egli stesso ricorda il fratello Arichi e una sorella monaca.
Fu educato alla corte di Pavia, dove ebbe per maestro un Flaviano, nipote del grammatico Felice, e fece parte del clero palatino. Protetto dal re Rachis, stette poi presso il re Desiderio che gli affidò l'educazione della figlia Adelpenga ed accompa-
gno questa primissima essa a Benevento quando andò sposa al duca Arichi. A lei verso il 768 offrì la sua Historia Roma: continuazione di quella di Eutropio condotta sinolto tempo di Giustiniano. La caduta del Regno longobardo ridusse alla miseria la famiglia di P. e costrinse lui stesso a trovar rifugio facendosi monaco a Montecassino che allora andava sempre più fiorendo; tante disgrazie indussero nel 782 P. a chiedere pietà a Carlomagno per sé e per i suoi; questi lo chiamò alla sua corte quale maestro accanto all'altro
Giacinto del S.mo Crocifisso
PAOLO DIACONO. - Monaco e storico. Quel che si sa della sua vita si ricava quasi esclusivamente dalle sue opere. Di nobile famiglia longobarda stabilita a Cividale del Friuli sino dalla conquista, ebbe per padre Warnefrit, per madre Teudelinda; egli stesso ricorda il fratello Arichi e una sorella monaca.
Fu educato alla corte di Pavia, dove ebbe per maestro un Flaviano, nipote del grammatico Felice, e fece parte del clero palatino. Protetto dal re Rachis, stette poi presso il re Desiderio che gli affidò l'educazione della figlia Adelpenga ed accompa-
gno questa primissima essa a Benevento quando andò sposa al duca Arichi. A lei verso il 768 offrì la sua Historia Roma: continuazione di quella di Eutropio condotta sinolto tempo di Giustiniano. La caduta del Regno longobardo ridusse alla miseria la famiglia di P. e costrinse lui stesso a trovar rifugio facendosi monaco a Montecassino che allora andava sempre più fiorendo; tante disgrazie indussero nel 782 P. a chiedere pietà a Carlomagno per sé e per i suoi; questi lo chiamò alla sua corte quale maestro accanto all'altro
Giacinto del S.mo Crocifisso
PAOLO DIACONO. - Monaco e storico. Quel che si sa della sua vita si ricava quasi esclusivamente dalle sue opere. Di nobile famiglia longobarda stabilita a Cividale del Friuli sino dalla conquista, ebbe per padre Warnefrit, per madre Teudelinda; egli stesso ricorda il fratello Arichi e una sorella monaca.
Fu educato alla corte di Pavia, dove ebbe per maestro un Flaviano, nipote del grammatico Felice, e fece parte del clero palatino. Protetto dal re Rachis, stette poi presso il re Desiderio che gli affidò l'educazione della figlia Adelpenga ed accompa-
gno questa primissima essa a Benevento quando andò sposa al duca Arichi. A lei verso il 768 offrì la sua Historia Roma: continuazione di quella di Eutropio condotta sinolto tempo di Giustiniano. La caduta del Regno longobardo ridusse alla miseria la famiglia di P. e costrinse lui stesso a trovar rifugio facendosi monaco a Montecassino che allora andava sempre più fiorendo; tante disgrazie indussero nel 782 P. a chiedere pietà a Carlomagno per sé e per i suoi; questi lo chiamò alla sua corte quale maestro accanto all'altro
Giacinto del S.mo Crocifisso
PAOLO DIACONO. - Monaco e storico. Quel che si sa della sua vita si ricava quasi esclusivamente dalle sue opere. Di nobile famiglia longobarda stabilita a Cividale del Friuli sino dalla conquista, ebbe per padre Warnefrit, per madre Teudelinda; egli stesso ricorda il fratello Arichi e una sorella monaca.
Fu educato alla corte di Pavia, dove ebbe per maestro un Flaviano, nipote del grammatico Felice, e fece parte del clero palatino. Protetto dal re Rachis, stette poi presso il re Desiderio che gli affidò l'educazione della figlia Adelpenga ed accompa-
gno questa primissima essa a Benevento quando andò sposa al duca Arichi. A lei verso il 768 offrì la sua Historia Roma: continuazione di quella di Eutropio condotta sinolto tempo di Giustiniano. La caduta del Regno longobardo ridusse alla miseria la famiglia di P. e costrinse lui stesso a trovar rifugio facendosi monaco a Montecassino che allora andava sempre più fiorendo; tante disgrazie indussero nel 782 P. a chiedere pietà a Carlomagno per sé e per i suoi; questi lo chiamò alla sua corte quale maestro accanto all'altro
Giacinto del S.mo Crocifisso
PAOLO DIACONO. - Monaco e storico. Quel che si sa della sua vita si ricava quasi esclusivamente dalle sue opere. Di nobile famiglia longobarda stabilita a Cividale del Friuli sino dalla conquista, ebbe per padre Warnefrit, per madre Teudelinda; egli stesso ricorda il fratello Arichi e una sorella monaca.
Fu educato alla corte di Pavia, dove ebbe per maestro un Flaviano, nipote del grammatico Felice
versi: MGH, Poetae aevi Carolini, 1 (1881), pp. 35-86; K. Neff, Die Gedichte des Paulus Diaconus, Monaco 1908 con ampio commento ed indagini biografiche; per l'Hist. Langob. MGH, Scriptores rerum Langobard., II (1878), pp. 12-187 (con una ed. in usum scholarum); per l'Expositio super Regulam: Bibliotheca Casinensis, IV, Florilegium, Montcassino 1880; per la Vita beatiss. Gregori Papae, ed. H. Grisar, in Zeitschrift für Kat. Theol., 11 (1887), pp. 158-73. - Studi: Manius, I, V. indice; F. Novati, Le origini, Milano 1926, pp. 88-95; P. Paschini, Memorie stor. su uomini ed avvenimenti del Friuli, ecc., in Memorie stor. forogiulienis, 8 (1912), pp. 15 sgg.; Miscelli, di studi intorno a P. D., ibid., 25 (1929); O. Dobias-Rozdestvenskaia, Itinéraire de Paul., en 787-788 et les premiers pas de la minuscule de Cividale en Friuli, ibid., 27 (1931), pp. 55-72; D. Bianchi, Storia, leggenda e meraviglioso in P. D., ibid., 30 (1934), pp. 1-16; id., L'elemento epico nella Hist. Langob. di P. D., ibid., pp. 117-169, 31 (1935), pp. 1-74; 39 (1936), pp. 1-72; id., Da P. D. all'anonimo salentano, ibid., 37 (1938), pp. 27-64. - Po Paschini