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He was born at of Gamaliel"; was at first a vehement persecutor of the Christians, and held the clothes of those who stoned Stephen: was miracle starts pre cher and the greatest expounder of Christianity. He made mi ionary miraculously converted on his way tours in Syria, Cyprus, Asia Minor, Macedonia, Greece, and elsewhere, mention of some of which is made in the New Testament. He was imprisoned at Cæsarea; was tried before Felix, in whose custody he remained until he was handed over by Felix to his succe or Festus; appealed to Cæsar; and was sent to Rome, where he arrived in 61. He lived for about two years in comparative freedom in his own hired house. He appears to have been tried and acquitted; to have made various journeys; to have returned to Rome; and to have suffered martyrdom there, probably by decapitation about 67. Paul I. Pope 757-767, a friend of Pepin, king of the Franks. Paul II. (Pietro Barbo). Born at Venice, Feb., 1418: died July, 1471. Pope 1464-71. He encouraged luxury, and persecuted the humanists. Paul III. (A le andro Farnese). Born Feb. 28, 1468: died Nov. 10, 1549. Pope 1534-49. He excommunicated Henry VIII. of England in 1538; approved the order of Jesuits in 1540; and convoked the Council of Trent in 1545. In 1545 he made his son Pier Luigi Farnese duke of Parma and Piacenza. Paul IV. (Giovanni Pietro Caraffa). Born June 28, 1476: died Aug. 18, 1559. Pope 15551559. Paul V. (Camillo Borghese). Born at Rome, Sept. 17, 1552: died Jan. 28, 1621. Pope 1605-21. He weakened the papal authority in a contest with Ven ice, which he placed under an interdict in 1606. Paul I. Petrovitch. Born Oct., 1754: a as Paul, the Deacon. See Paulus Diaconus . Paul, Brother. See Sarpi . Paul, Saint Vincent de. See Vincent de Paul. Paul of Samosata. Born probably at Samo- sat a, Syria. A Monarch i an heretic, bishop of Antioch from 260 to his deposition in 272. He denied the personality of the Logos and of the Holy Spirit. Paula, Francis of. See Francis . Paul Clifford. A novel by Bulwer, published in 1830: so called from the name of its hero. Paul et Virginie. 1. A novel by Bernard in de Saint-Pierre, published in 1788. The scene is laid in Mauritius. - 2. An opera by Ma é, first produced at Paris in 1876. Paulding (palding), Hiram. Born at New York, Dec. 11, 1797: died at Huntington, L. I., Oct. 20, 1878. An American admiral, son of John Paulding. He distinguished himself in the victory of Lake Cham plain in 1814; and suppre ed a filibustering expedition against Nicaragua by arresting the leader Walker at Punta Arenas in 1857, an act for which he was censured by President Buchanan, inasmuch as the arrest took place on foreign soil. Paulding, James Kirke. Born at Nine Partners, Dutche County, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1779: died at Hyde Park, N. Y., April 6, 1860. An American novelist, poet, historian, and politician. He was secretary of the navy 1838-41. His chief novels are "The Dutchman's Fireside" (1831), "Westward Ho" (1832); chief historical work, "Life of George Washington" (1835); poem, "The Backwoodsman" (1818); satires, "The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan" (1812), "Lay of the Scottish Fiddle" (1813), "Merry Tales of the Three Wise Men of Gotham" (1826); He was a ociated with Irving in "Salmagundi" (1807-08), and published a second series alone (1819-20). Pauli (pou'le), Georg Reinhold. Born at Berlin, May 25, 1823: died at Bremen, June 3, 1882. A German historian. Helived many years in England. His works are chiefly on English history. They include "König Alfred" ("King Alfred," 1851), "Geschichte von England" (1853-58: a continuation of Lappenberg's "History of England"), "Geschichte Englands" (1864-75: "History of England "for the period 1814-52), and "Simon von Montfort" (1867). He also published an edition of "Confe io A mantis." Paulians (pa'li-anz). A Unitarian body founded in the 3d centüry by Paul of Samosata (see above) in Syria. Paulicians (pa-lish'anz). A sect probably founded by Const an tine of Syria during the latter half of the 7th century. They held the dualistic doctrine that all matter is evil; believed that Christ, having a purely ethereal body, suffered only in appearance; and rejected the authority of the Old Testament and reli gio us ordinances and ceremonies. The sect is said to have become extinct in the 13th century. The name is prob a bly derived from their high regard for the apostle Paul. Paul in us (pa-li'nus) of York. Died 644. A Pausias folk smote. From it great public a emblies were addre ed and sermons preached. The "Paul's Cro Sermons" are still preached on Sunday mornings in St. Paul's. Thomas Kempe, bishop of London from 1448 to 1489, replaced the early wooden erection by a stone cro and pulpit, which was one of his most famous structures in old London. Paul's Walk. The nave of old St. Paul's, which during the latter part of the 15th and the first part of the 16th century became a rendezvous for the transaction of busine and for secular amusements of every description. It was fre quented by disreputable characters and men out of employment, and is frequently alluded to in old plays. A "Paul's man" was a frequenter of Paul's Walk, and presumably disreputable. It was also called Duke Hum phrey's Walk. Paulus (pou'lös), He in rich Eberhard Gottlob. Born at Leonberg, near Stuttgart, Würtemberg, Sept. 1, 1761: died at Heidelberg, Aug. 10, 1851. A German Protestant theologian, a leading exponent of rationalism, profe or at Jena and later at Heidelberg. His works include a commen (1828), etc.). tary on the e ential works ("Exegetisches Handbuch" (1830-33), "Leben Jesu" Paulus (pa'lus), Julius. Lived at the beginning of the 3d century A. D. A Roman jurist. He was pretorian prefect under Alexander Severus. Many excerpts from his works are contained in the "Digest." Ulpian was surpa ed in fertility by his (older?) contemporary Julius Paulus, who was likewise præfectus prætorio under Alexander Severus and po e ed much influence. He enjoyed no le authority than Ulpian as a jurist. The most comprehensive of his works was his "Ad edictum" in 80 books; the one most largely used, his brief text-book "Sententiæ ad filium." We po e an abridgment of the latter. The extracts from his works constitute one sixth of the Pandects of Just in i an. Teuffel and Schwabe, Hist. of Rom. Lit. (tr. by Warr), [II. 270. Paulus, Lucius Æmilius. Killed at Cannæ, 216 в. с. A Roman consul, colleague with Varro in the defeat at Cannæ. Paulus, Lucius Æmilius, surnamed Mace donicus ('the Maced on i an'). Born about 229 B. c.: died 160 в. с. А Roman general, son of Paulus (died 216). He was distinguished as pretor in Spain 191-189, and as proconsul against the Ingauni in 181; was consul in 168; defeated Perseus at Pydna and overthrew the Maced on i an kingdom; pillaged Epirus in 167; and triumphed at Rome in 167. He was censor in 164. He Paulus Ægineta (ej-i-ne'tä). A celebrated Greek medical writer who lived probably in the latter half of the 7th century after Christ. wrote a number of works, the chief of which is still extant: it is commonly called "De re medic a libri septem." Paulus Diaconus (dī-ak'ō-nus) (Paul the Deacon). Born about 720-725: died at Monte Ca ino, Italy, before 800. The first important historian of the middle ages. His chief works are a "History of the Lombards," and a continuation of the Roman history of Eutropius. His works were edited in "Monument a German iæ historic a" (1878-79). Paulus Hook. The name given formerly to Gregory the Great in 601. He was instrumental in introducing Christianity into Nor thumb ria, and was made bishop of York in 625, and of Rochester in 633. Paulinzelle (pou'lên-tsel-le). A village in Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Germany, 22 miles south-southwest of Weimar. It is noted for its ruined monastery and convent. was defeated and captured by Americans under Henry Lee, Aug. 19, 1779. Paul Veronese. See Veronese. Paumben (pâm-ben'), or Pamban (päm-bun'), Pa age. A strait connecting the Gulf of Manaar and Palk Bay, and separating Rameshwaram Island from continental India.