Paulus Explained

Paulus is the original Latin form of the English name Paul. It may refer to:

Ancient Romans

• Paul (jurist) or Julius Paulus (fl. 222–235 AD), Roman jurist
• Paulus (consul 496), politician of the Eastern Roman Empire
• Paulus (consul 512), Roman politician
• Paulus Catena (fl. 353–362 AD), Roman notary
• Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus (229–160 BC), Roman general

Christianity

Popes

• Pope Paul I (Pope from 757–767)
• Pope Paul II (Pope from 1417–1471)
• Pope Paul III (Pope from 1534–1549)
• Pope Paul IV (Pope from 1555–1559)
• Pope Paul V (Pope from 1605–1621)
• Pope Paul VI (Pope from 1963–1978)

Other Christians

• Paul the Apostle (5–67 AD)
• Paulus (bishop of Alexandretta) (fl. 518), Bishop of Alexandria Minor
• Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (ca. 720 – 800 AD), Italian Benedictine monk
• Paulus Jovius (1483–1552), Italian bishop
• Paulus (oratorio), 1836 oratorio by Mendelssohn

Various

• Paulus (surname), includes a list of people with the surname
• Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690 AD), Greek surgeon
• Paulus Alexandrinus (fl. 378 AD), Hellenistic astrologer
• Paulus Castrensis (fl. 1390–1441), Italian jurist
• Paulus Jansen (born 1954), Dutch politician
• Paulus Potter (1625–1654), Dutch painter
• Paulus Rundgren, Finnish ice hockey player
• Paulus the woodgnome, children's book character by Jan van Oort (Jean Dulieu)

See also

• Paulis (disambiguation)