Paulus

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

Ancient Romans

• Julius Paulus (fl. 222–235 AD), Roman jurist
• Paulus (consul 496), politician of the Eastern Roman Empire
• Paulus (consul 512), politician of the Eastern Roman Empire
• Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690 AD), surgeon of the Eastern Roman Empire
• Paulus Alexandrinus (fl. 378 AD), Roman astrologer
• Paulus Catena (fl. 353–362 AD), Roman notary
• Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (229–160 BC), Roman general

Religious figures

Popes

• Pope Paul I (Pope from 757 to 767)
• Pope Paul II (Pope from 1464 to 1471)
• Pope Paul III (Pope from 1534 to 1549)
• Pope Paul IV (Pope from 1555 to 1559)
• Pope Paul V (Pope from 1605 to 1621)
• Pope Paul VI (Pope from 1963 to 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 (c. 720–800 AD), Italian Benedictine monk
• Paulus Jovius (1483–1552), Italian bishop

Other

• Paulus (singer), stage name of Jean-Paulin Habans (1845–1908), French singer, entertainer and theatre entrepreneur
• 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

Fictional characters

• Paulus the woodgnome, children's book character by Jan van Oort (Jean Dulieu)

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Paulus
• Paulus (surname), includes a list of people with the surname
• Paulis (disambiguation)
• Paullus (praenomen)
• Powless, a surname