Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Paula, Vincentius SEE VINCENTIUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Paula, Saint Widow; born Rome, Italy, 347; died Bethlehem, 404. The chief source of her life is the cor- respondence of Saint Jerome, who influenced her to follow the monastic life. After a pilgrimage to Egypt, she settled at Bethlehem with Saint Jerome and her daughter, Eustochium, and founded two monasteries. Represented prostrate before the … Continue reading “Paula, Saint”

Paula, Francis of, Saint Confessor , founder of the Order of Minims , born Paula, Italy , 1416 ; died Plessis-les-Tours, France , 1507 . He began at an early age to show signs of extraordinary sanctity; at 14 he retired to a cave on the sea-coast and lived there as an anchorite for six … Continue reading “Paula, Francis of, Saint”

Paula Francis Of SEE FRANCIS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Paula, daughter of Toxotius Paula (3), granddaughter of foregoing, daughter of Toxotius, and of Laeta the daughter of Albinus, a heathen and a priest. Laeta embraced Christianity and wrote to consult Jerome as to Paula’s education, who replied in Ep. 107, written in 401. He desires that she should lead the ascetic life and prepare … Continue reading “Paula, daughter of Toxotius”

Paula, a Roman lady Paula (2), a noble and wealthy Roman lady, who accompanied Jerome to Palestine in 385, and lived the rest of her life at Bethlehem, dying in 404. The chief facts of her life were given in Jerome’s Epitaphium of her addressed to Eustochium (Hieron. Ep. 108, ed. Vall.). She was born … Continue reading “Paula, a Roman lady”

Paula ST. ( ), was a noble Roman matron, a pupil and disciple of Jerome. Though descended from the Scipios and the Gracchi, and accustomed to luxurious self-indulgence, she preferred to follow her saintly teacher to Bethlehem and devote herself to a religious life. The church dedicated to St. Jerome at Rome is said to … Continue reading “Paula”

Paul(us), Von Bernried an ecclesiastic of the first half of the 12th century, was canon of the cathedral at Regensburg. He was a devoted adherent of the cause of the emperor Henry IV, and a hater of pope Gregory VII. Persecuted by the clergy, he took refuge in the Augustinian convent at Bernried, in Bavaria. … Continue reading “Paul(us), Von Bernried”

Paul-without-the-Walls, Saint (San Paolo fuori le mura). An abbey nullius. As early as 200 the burial place of the great Apostle in the Via Ostia was marked by a cella memoriæ, near which the Catacomb of Comodilla was established. Constantine, according to the “Liber Pontificalis”, transformed it into basilica; in 386 Theodosius began the erection … Continue reading “Paul-without-the-Walls, Saint”

Paul, William D.D., an English prelate, flourished near the middle of the 17th century. Of his early history we know scarcely anything. He was not educated for the sacred office of the ministry, but had entered the mercantile profession, and, possessed of a large property, had made himself quite prominent in that walk of life, … Continue reading “Paul, William”