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 | | Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus, St. Paulinus of Nola, was born in Bordeaux in the southwest of Gaul about 354, died June 22, 431, in Nola, outside Naples. |
 | | Paulinus had developed a fondness for the 4th century martyr St. Felix of Nola when he had lived in Campania before, and they settled near Felix's tomb; Paulinus rebuilt the complex, greatly enlarging the shrine and building guest houses for pilgrims. |
 | | Like a growing number of aristocrats in the late 4th and early 5th centuries who were entering the clergy rather than taking up the more usual administrative careers in the imperial service Paulinus spent a great deal of his money on his chosen church and city. |
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