Paul II of Brescia

Paul II of Brescia (also called Paulinus II) was bishop of Brescia at the beginning of the 6th century, successor of Titian and predecessor of Cyprian. According to historical sources, he could not have become bishop before 500 nor have ceased to be one after 528. Almost nothing is known of his deeds. He probably ordered the building of the church of San Eusebio al Goletto, in which the relics of the holy bishop Paul I were buried in 1497. He seems to have been buried in the church he founded, but in the 15th century his remains were in the oratory of the church of San Pietro in Oliveto, where they were found together with those of other saints of Brescia (the bishops Cyprian and Deusdedit and the martyr Evasius) and placed in marble shrines in 1455. His venerable head is kept in a church of the city, and the rest of the relics was moved in 1798 to the church of Sant'Agata.

Like all the bishops of Brescia of the 3rd to 7th centuries, he was counted in the Middle Ages a locally venerated saint. The first testimonies of his cult are from the 11th century. At first he was commemorated with the other holy bishops of Brescia on the fourth Sunday after Easter, and on 9 and 14 February the translation of his relics was kept; later his name entered the Roman Martyrology. He is commemorated today on 29 April. A saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.