Paul the Deacon
720 CE – 799 CE · aged 79
8th century Benedictine monk, scribe and historian
- Born
- 720 CE · Cividale del Friuli
- Died
- 799 CE · Abbey of Monte Cassino
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- 720 CEBornBorn in Cividale del Friuli
- 799 CEDiedDied in Abbey of Monte Cassino
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Biography
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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