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'''Paul the Deacon''' (ca [[720]] - [[April 13]], [[799]]), [[monk]] and historian[[chronicle]]r, was born at [[Friuli]], [[Italy]], into a noble [[Lombards|Lombard]] family.

He became a [[Benedictine]] [[Monasticism|monk]] at [[Monte Cassino]], but in [[782]] received permission to travel to meet [[Charlemagne]] to ask for the release of his brother, who had been held hostage by the [[Franks]] since participating in a failed revolt of Lombards against the Frankish overlords.