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PAUL. 
flie was united to the fon of the emprefs Irene. A re¬ 
maining attachment to his fovereign Defiderius fubjefled 
Paul to the fufpicions of fotne deligns in his behalf, on 
which account he was banifhed ; and he would probably 
have undergone the lofs of his hands, or of his eyes, had 
not Charlemagne been unwilling to difable fo eloquent a 
writer. It is farther fuppofed that he efcaped from his 
baniffiment, and took refuge in the court of Arigifo, 
prince of Benevento ; and that, on the death of that 
prince in 787, he retired to the celebrated monaftery of 
Monte Cafino, where he ended his days, but at whaFtime 
is not known, though it is thought about the year 799. 
He was a confiderable writer: his Latin poetry may rank 
with the belt of that period: it confifts chiefly of hymns, 
of panegyrics of faints and eminent perfonages, and other 
fhort pieces. One of the molt interefting is an elegy ad- 
dreffied to Charlemagne, in order to obtain the liberty of 
a brother who was brought prifoner into France after the 
defeat of Defiderius. Of his profe writings the molt 
valuable is entitled “ De Geftis Longobardorum,” in fix 
books, being the only hiftory of that nation which we 
poffefs ; and it contains fa< 5 ts that can no where elfe be 
found, and affords fome curious views of rude fociety. 
Several editions of it have been publifhed, and Muratori 
has inferted it in his great collection of the Italian hifto- 
rians. Paul likewife contributed to the Roman hiftory 
entitled “ Mifcella,” in which he was the continuator of 
Eutropius. He alio wrote an abridged hiftory of the firft 
bifhops of Metz, and other pieces of ecclefiaftical biogra- ' 
phy, and made a colle&ion of homilies by the order of 
Charlemagne. Gen. Biog\ 
PAUL of Burgos, or of Sancta Maria, a learned 
Spanifli prelate, w r as of Jewifli defeent, and born at Bur¬ 
gos in the year 1353. He was brought up in the religion 
of his forefathers ; and, as his family was refpeCtable and 
wealthy, he enjoyed the advantages of a liberal and learned 
education. After he had been fome years married and 
fettled in the world, by reading the Summa of Aquinas he 
became a convert to Chriftianity; and at the time of his 
baptifm he affumed the name of Paul of Sancla Maria. 
After the death of his wife, he embraced the ecclefiaftical 
profeffion, and by his merits rofe to confiderable employ¬ 
ments and high dignities in the church. He was made 
archdeacon of Trevignoj whence he was preferred to 
the bifliopric of Carthagena ; and afterwards he was 
tranflated to that of Burgos. The fame of his merits in¬ 
duced Henry king of Caftille to appoint him preceptor 
to his Ion John, the fecond monarch of that name, by 
whom he was entrufted with the important office of chan¬ 
cellor of the kingdom. He is faid to have died patriarch 
of Aquileia in 14-35, at tb e a g e °f eighty-two. His prin¬ 
cipal work confifts of additions to the Poftills of Nicholas 
de Lyra on the whole Bible, which are printed with that 
commentary. He was alfo the author of, 2. Scrutinium 
Scripturarum, folio, printed at Mantua in 14-74, and at 
Burgos in 1591. 3. A Treatife on the Name of God, 
which was printed with the notes of Drufius, at Franeker, 
in 1604. Dupin fays, that his performances abound in 
Hebrew learning, and will afford much affiftance to the 
biblical ftudent in making himfelf acquainted with the 
true fenfe of the Scriptures. 
Our prelate had three fons, who were baptized at the 
fame time with himfelf, and acquired diftinCfion by their 
rank Or literary productions,—The eldeft, named Al- 
phonsus, fucceeded his father in the bifliopric of Bur¬ 
gos, and compofed a concife hiftory of Spain, entitled 
“ Anacephalaeolis Regum Hifpaniae,” which may be feen 
in the Hifpania Illuftrata, in four volumes folio.—The 
fecond, named Gonsalvo, was promoted to the fee of 
Placentia in Spain.—The third, called Alvarez-Garcia, 
publifhed the hiftory of John II. king of Caftille, under 
the title of “ Memoirs or Commentaries.” Dupin. Moreri. 
PAUL (Vincent de), a faint in the Roman calendar, 
and founder of the Congregation of the Priefts of the 
Millions in the feventeenth century, was of humble ori¬ 
gin, and born at Poui, or Poy, in the diocefe of Acqs, in 
the year 1576. He was firft employed in tending fneepj 
but, as he foon difeovered talents which deferved en¬ 
couragement, his parents were enabled to fend him for 
education to Acqs and Touloufe. -Having finifhed his 
academical courfe of ftudies, he was ordained prieft in the 
year 1600. Some time afterwards, being called to Mar- 
feilles to receive a fmall property of which he was the 
heir, on his return by fea to Narbonne, the veffel on¬ 
board of which he had embarked fell into the hands of 
fome Barbary corfairs, who fold him for a flave at Tunis. 
Here he fucceflively ferved three different mafters, and 
was fuccefsful in reclaiming the laft, who was a Savoyard 
renegado, to the faith which he had renounced. Deter¬ 
mined on attempting their efcape to a Chriftian country, 
they ventured to fea in a fmall boat, and happily reached 
Aigues-Mortes in 1607. After his return to his native 
country, Peter Montorio, vice-legate of Avignon, who 
knew his merits, fent him on bufinefs to the court of 
Rome. Here he became acquainted with the minifter of 
Henry IV. who employed him on a commiffion of import¬ 
ance to that monarch, in the year 1608. Afterwards 
Louis XIII. recompenfed him for his fervices on this oc- 
cafion, with the abbey of St. Leonard de Chaulme. For 
fome time he officiated as almoner to queen Margaret de 
Valois, and then retired to the inftitution of his friend 
cardinal de Berulle at the Oratory. On the recommen¬ 
dation of M. de Berulle, he accepted of the poll of tutor 
in the family of M. de Goudy, general of the galleys, 
whofe lady, eminent for her piety and charity, firft in- 
fpired him with that defign of founding a congregation of 
priefts for miffions into the country, which he afterwards 
carried into execution. In the mean time, he was de- 
firous of rendering himfelf ufeful to the miferable objeCts 
under the care of his patron ; and, upon application to 
court, obtained the appointment of almoner-general of 
the galleys, in the year 1619. The extraordinary zeal 
and charity which he exercifed in that employment, and 
numerous other inftances of his piety and benevolence, 
were long the fubjeCts of pleafing recollection to the in¬ 
habitants of Marfeilles. In the year 1620, St. Francis de 
Sales confided to him the direct ion and government of the 
order of the Daughters of Charity, whofe office it was to 
adminifter affiftance and relief to indigent perfons, con¬ 
fined to their beds by ficknefs and infirmity. 
After the death of madame de Goudy, he commenced 
the eftabliftiment of the community which he had pro¬ 
jected, at the college of the Bons Enfans in Paris, where 
fome priefts. who approved of his defign, aflociated them- 
felves under him as their principal. Hence they W’ent 
by turns into different parts of the kingdom, where their 
labours foon met with an aftonithing degree of fuccefs 
and encouragement. Some yearsafterwards, the increaf- 
ing number of his fociety induced Vincent de Paul to 
accept of the great houfe of St. Lazarus in the fuburb of 
St. Dennis,which became the principal houfe of his order ; 
and in the year 1632, pope Urban VIII. fatisfied of its 
utility, and alfo of its policy as a powerful inftrument for 
preferving the attachment of the lower daffies to the ca¬ 
tholic faith, formed it into a regular congregation, of 
which the founder was declared the firft fuperior-general. 
So aCtive was the fuperior in purfuing the objeCts of the 
inftitution, and fo powerfully was he feconded by the 
zeal and encouragement of others, that he was enabled to 
fupport miffions, not only in all parts of France, but alfo 
in Italy, Scotland, Barbary, Madagafcar, &c. But his 
pious and charitable exertions were not confined to the 
Congregation of the Miffions. To him the Hofpital for 
Foundlings owed its origin, and an annual income of 
forty thoufand livres, which his appeals to the humane 
and benevolent procured for it. He, likewife, was the 
means of obtaining liberal benefactions towards the fup- 
port of the hofpital of Bicetre, of the Salpetriere, of that 
for galley-flaves at Marfeilles, and various other charit¬ 
able inftitutions. He eftablifticd and endowed feminaries 
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