Paul the Deacon (c. 720–c. 800)

Lombard monk. He became a monk at Monte Cassino. He wrote the chief source for Lombard history of that period, the five-volume Historia gentis Langobardorum/History of the Lombard People, dealing with the period from 568–744. His other works, significant to the history of monasticism, include his Historia romana/Roman History, a sequel to the Breviarium of Eutropius. Paul was born in Friuli, Italy.