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Denver, Colo., Jun 17, 2012 \/ 06:49 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- On June 22, the Catholic Church remembers Saint Paulinus of Nola, who gave up his life in politics to become a monk, a bishop, and a revered Christian poet of the 5th century.<\/p>\n

\tIn a December 2007 general audience on St. Paulinus, Pope Benedict XVI remarked on the saint's artistic gifts, which inspired \u201csongs of faith and love in which the daily history of small and great events is seen as a history of salvation, a history of God with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe poet-bishop's ministry, Pope Benedict said, was also \u201cdistinguished by special attention to the poor\u201d \u2013 confirming his legacy as \u201ca bishop with a great heart who knew how to make himself close to his people in the sorrowful trials of the barbarian invasions\u201d during the 5th century.<\/p>\n

\tBorn at Bordeaux in present-day France during 354, Paulinus came from an illustrious family in the Roman imperial province of Aquitania. He received his literary education from the renowned poet and professor Ausonius, and eventually rose to the rank of governor in the Italian province of Campania.<\/p>\n

\tNot yet baptized or a believer in Christ, Paulinus was nonetheless struck by the Campanians' devotion to the martyr Saint Felix at his local shrine. He took the initiative to build a road for pilgrims, as well as a hospice for the poor near the site of Felix's veneration.<\/p>\n

\tBut Paulinus grew dissatisfied with his civil position, leaving Campania and returning to his native region from 380 to 390. He also married a Spanish Catholic woman named Therasia. She, along with Bishop Delphinus of Bordeaux, and St. Martin the Bishop of Tours, guided him toward conversion.<\/p>\n

\tPaulinus and his brother were baptized on the same day by Delphinus. But it was not long into his life as a Christian, that two shattering upheavals took place. Paulinus' infant son died shortly after birth; and when Paulinus' brother also died, he was accused in his murder.<\/p>\n

\tAfter these catastrophes, Paulinus and Therasia mutually agreed to embrace monasticism, living in poverty and chastity. Around 390, they both moved to Spain. Approximately five years after his change of residence and lifestyle, the residents of Barcelona arranged for Paulinus' ordination as a priest.<\/p>\n

\tDuring 395 he returned to the Italian city of Nola, where he and his wife both continued to live in chastity as monks. Paulinus made important contributions to the local church, particularly in the construction of basilicas. In 409, the monk was consecrated as the city's bishop.<\/p>\n

\tPaulinus served as the Bishop of Nola for two decades. His gifts as a poet and composer of hymns were matched by his knowledge of Scripture, generosity toward the poor, and devotion to the saints who had preceded him \u2013 especially St. Felix, whose intercession he regarded as central to his conversion.<\/p>\n

\tPraised by the likes of St. Augustine and St. Jerome for the depth of his conversion to Christ, the Bishop of Nola was regarded as a saint even before his death on the evening of June 22, 431.<\/p>\n

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