(A.D. 804.)
[S. Paulinus died on Jan. 11th, but his festival is observed on
Jan. 28th. Authorities: various histories of his time, and the
writings of himself and Alcuin.]
S. Paulinus, born about 726, was one of the most illustrious of the
patriarchs who sat in the throne of Aquileia, which he ascended, about
the year 776. He assisted at the council of Aix-la-Chapelle in 782, of
Ratisbon in 792, and of Frankfort in 794; and he held one himself, at
Friuli, in 791 or 796. He combated a form of Nestorianism propagated by
Felix, Bishop of Urgel, and Elipandus, Bishop of Toledo, with such
success that their heresy made no headway in the West. In 802, S.
Paulinus assembled a council at Altino. He died on the 11th Jan., 804.
[Illustration: CHARLEMAGNE AND S. LOUIS.
After a Picture in the Palais de Justice, Paris,
wrongly attributed to Van Eyck.
Jan. 28.]