Paul the Deacon

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Portrait of Paulus Diaconus from a 10th-century manuscript (Laurentian Library Plut. 65.35 fol. 34r)
TitleDeacon
Personal life
BornPaulus Warnefridus
c. 720s
Cividale del Friuli, Kingdom of the Lombards
Died13 April in 796, 797, 798, or 799 AD
Monte Cassino, Patrimony of Saint Peter
NationalityLombard
Parent(s)Warnefrid and Theodelinda
Known forHistory of the Lombards
OccupationBenedictine monk, scribe, and historian
Religious life
Religionpre-Schism Latin Church
OrderBenedictines
Ordinationc. 782

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.

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