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Chapter XLIX.
Paulinus,2655
bishop of Nola in
Campania, composed many brief works in verse, also a consolatory work
to Celsus On the death of a christian and baptized child, a sort
of epitaph, well fortified with christian hope, also many Letters to
Severus, and A panegric in prose written before he became
bishop, On victory over tyrants which was addressed to
Theodosius and maintained that victory lay rather in faith and prayer,
than in arms. He wrote also a Sacramentary and
Hymnal.
He also addressed many letters
to his sister, On contempt of the world, and published treatises
of different sorts, on various occasions.2656
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The most notable of all his
minor works are the works On repentance, and A general
panegyric of all the martyrs. He lived in the reign of Honorius and
Valentinianus, and was distinguished, not only for erudition2657
| 2657 erudition A T 31 a e 21;
observation 25 30 Her. | and holiness of life, but also for his
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