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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 (i.e. "of Monte Cassino"), was a Benedictine monk, scribe, and historian of the Lombards.
Paul The Deacon (born c. 720, Cividale del Friuli, Lombardy [Italy]—died c. 799, Montecassino, Benevento) was a Lombard historian and poet, whose Historia Langobardorum (“History of the Lombards”) is the principal source on his people.
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The History of the Lombards or the History of the Langobards (Latin: Historia Langobardorum) is the chief work by Paul the Deacon, written in the late 8th century. This incomplete history in six books was written after 787 and at any rate no later than 796, maybe at Montecassino .
Introduction: The Lombard settlement of Italy has reached us through Paul the Deacon, a monk and tutor of the 8th century, born in Friuli and a historian of his people. He has provided us with the only extant discursive history on the Lombards until the invasion of the Carolingians in 774 and has thus crucially marked our knowledge of the ...
Paul the Deacon was a Carolingian historian, poet, and grammarian of the Lombards. He wrote the Historia Langobardorum, an abridgment of Roman history, and several poems and hymns.
Paul Deacon (born 13 February 1979) is an English rugby union coach who is the head coach of the Sale Sharks in Premiership Rugby, and former a professional rugby league footballer and coach.
Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more — all for only $19.99... (Paulus Diaconus; also called Casinensis, Levita, and Warnefridi). Historian, born at Friuli about 720; died 13 April, probably 799.
