Paul I of Aquileia

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Paul I of Aquileia († around 569) was Archbishop from 557 to 569 and later Patriarch of Aquileia . The diminutive Paulinus represents a mockery by the Pope, which has often been adopted in historiography .

Three chapter dispute

When Pope Pelagius I recognized the Second Council of Constantinople in the course of the three chapters dispute and condemned the doctrine of two natures, Paulinus' predecessor Macedonius turned away from the Holy See with all the bishops of his ecclesiastical province. They held fast to their belief in the two natures of Jesus Christ - divine and human - as spelled out in the three chapters . The final split from the Pope occurred under Paul, who convened his own council in Aquileia around 558 , in which he recognized the doctrine of two natures. From this point onwards Paul referred to himself as patriarch , a title reserved only for the Pope, who in turn mocked him as "Paulinus".

The three-chapter dispute lasted from 532 to 699 and was settled at a church meeting. The dispute laid the foundation for the special position of the Patriarchs of Aquileia within the Catholic Church and was the basis for their later secular power.

Escape to Grado

Paulinus, Cardinal and Patriarch of Aquileia, moves his seat to Grado , Pietro Antonio Novelli , around 1796, 21.8 * 28.2 cm, National Gallery of Art , Washington

When the Lombards in the Friuli invaded, Paul fled 568 with his church, the relics of St. Hermagoras and the church treasure on the peninsula Grado . In contrast to his predecessors, who only sought refuge in Grado for a short time, Paul and his successors stayed on the peninsula. His cathedral chapter , however, continued to reside on the mainland in Aquileia.

The spatial separation and the reconciliation of the patriarch resident in Grado with the Pope in 699 was the starting point for the division of the patriarchate: a patriarchate resident in Grado ( Aquileia Nova ) and the patriarchate remaining in Aquileia emerged.

Remarks

  1. ^ Horace K. Mann: The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages . Wildside Press, 2007, ISBN 9781434487308 , p. 30
  2. ↑ Jakob Speigl: Three chapter dispute . In: Lexikon des Mittelalters , Volume 3, Munich 1999, Sp. 1381f.
  3. ↑ Detlev Jasper: Concilia aevi Saxonici et Salici, MXXIII-MLIX , Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 2010, p. 64.
  4. ^ Karl Bertau : Scripture - Power - Holiness in the literatures of the Judeo-Christian-Muslim Middle Ages , Walter de Gruyter, 2005, p. 173.
predecessor Office successor
Macedonius Patriarch of Aquileia
557 - 569 		Probinus
personal data
SURNAME Paul I of Aquileia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paulinus of Aquileia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop and later Patriarch of Aquileia
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century or 6th century
DATE OF DEATH at 569