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Saint Paulus of Verdun (576-648) was a bishop of Verdun in the Lorraine region of France from 630〔Matthew Bunson and Margaret Bunson. ''Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints.'' Second Edition. Our Sunday Visitor, 2014. p. 651.〕 until his death in 647 or 648. Paulus was the son of a wealthy family – his name suggests that he was part of the old Gallo-Roman aristocracy. According to St Augustine Abbey's ''Book of Saints,'' Paulus is said to have been the brother of Saint Germanus of Paris.〔The Benedictine Monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate (Comp.). ''THE BOOK OF SAINTS: A Dictionary of Servants of God Canonised by the Catholic Church: Extracted from the Roman and Other Martyrologies.'' London: A & C Black. Ltd., 1921. p. 211.〕 He became a hermit and spent time on Paulsberg (lat: ''Mons Cebenna'') across the Moselle from Trier, in the Vosges mountains. Later he joined the monastery at Tholey in what is now Saarland. There he had charge of the school and is said to have become the second abbot. His tenure as abbot continued from 626 to 643/647.〔 ''(Abtliste: Paulus (Bischof von Verdun) ).'' Benediktinerabtei St. Maritius Tholey. Retrieved: 14 May, 2015.〕 He was named the bishop of Verdun about 630 by King Dagobert I.〔 According to his biography he was made bishop against his will due to the influence of one of his students, Adalgisel Grimo. Reportedly he found the diocese in a very poor financial state and was aided by gifts from Adalgisel and the Frankish King of Austrasia. After his death Paulus was buried in the church of St. Saturninus in Verdun, which he had built and which was later renamed St. Paul's after him.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienP/Paulus_von_Verdun.htm )〕 Paulus's remains were later translated to a new monastery that was founded by Bishop Viefrid from 970-973 and was dedicated to him. The Abbey of Saint-Paul de Verdun was originally occupied by Benedictines, but in 1135 by Premonstratensians, and was finally destroyed in 1552.〔Goyau, Georges. ''"(Diocese of Verdun )."'' The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. Retrieved: 14 May 2015.〕 His feast day is February 8 in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches.〔〔''(February ).'' Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.〕〔Katherine I. Rabenstein. ''"(Paul of Verdun, OSB B (RM) )."'' St. Patrick Catholic Church - Saint of the Day, 1998.〕 ==Legend== According to a legend related by Bertarius of Verdun, one day Paulus was working in the bakery in the Abbey of Tholey when the oven malfunctioned. He feared that the bread would not be ready in time for meals, so he climbed into the burning oven in full habit, cleaned it with his hood, arranged the loaves to be baked, and later emerged from the oven with the fully baked loaves. Because of this legend, Paulus became the patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs of Verdun. On his feast day the "bread of Saint Paul" was distributed annually on the streets of Verdun. The ''Roman Martyrology'' states that he was renowned for miracles.〔''The Roman Martyrology.'' Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 41–42.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paulus of Verdun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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