Paulinus of Trier

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|death_date=358

|feast_day=31 August

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|caption= Monument to Saint Paulinus

|birth_place=Gascony, France

|death_place=Phrygia, in modern Turkey

|titles=Bishop of Augusta Treverorum (Trier)

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Saint Paulinus of Trier (died 358) was bishop of Trier and a supporter of St. Athanasius the Great in the conflict against Arianism. At the Synod of Arles (353) he was targeted by the Arians, and was exiled to Phrygia,[http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/journal_of_early_christian_studies/v013/13.1beckwith.html Carl L. Beckwith, "The Condemnation and Exile of Hilary of Poitiers at the Synod of Beziers (356 C.E.)", Journal of Early Christian Studies 13:1] being effectively singled out by the Emperor Constantius II.[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf209.ii.iii.i.html NPNF2-09. Philip Scgaff, ed. "Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus"]; Daniel H. Williams, Ambrose of Milan and the End of the Arian-Nicene Conflicts (1995), p. 53. He died in exile[https://books.google.com/books?id=l-pwoTFp31kC&dq=paulinus+of+trier&pg=PA645 Paulinus of Trier] five years later, but his remains were returned to Trier in 395. His tomb is in the crypt of the city's St. Paulinus' Church, which was rededicated to him.

Paulinus was from Gascony and educated in the cathedral school at Poitiers.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12178c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: " Diocese of Poitiers"] He travelled to Germany with Maximin of Trier, whom he succeeded as bishop.