SAINT PAULINUS, BISHOP OF CAPUA

SAINT PAULINUS, BISHOP OF CAPUA - 10 OCTOBER

SAINT PAULINUS, BISHOP OF CAPUA

S. Paulinus, Ep. Conf.

According to legend, this bishop of Capua was born in England. On a pilgrimage to the Holy Land he stopped over in Capua, just as the episcopal throne happened to be vacant. In order not to oppose the divine will, he took over the post of chief pastor assigned to him.

By his example, and especially by his ardent love, he turned sinners from vices and encouraged the righteous to strive for Christian perfection. For three full years he had an opportunity to exercise his patience, since during this time the schismatics persecuted him severely. Paulinus, however, countered their hatred with love and their insults with benevolence.

During the same period there raged a great famine in Capua, and the holy bishop excelled in abundant charity. He went through the whole city and visited all the dwellings of the needy and shared his wealth with each according to his requirements. Once when a woman with her three children met him and begged him for alms, he gave her the mule he was riding as he had nothing else left on him to hand out to her, so that she might sell it and use the proceeds to procure food for herself and her family.

Paulinus presided over the Church of Capua for just over eight years. On October 10, around this year 850, he went to his eternal reward and was buried in the church of Capua, where his place of rest is still held in high veneration (V. 134).

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875)

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PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Paulinus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

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