Editing Sergius Paulus (section)

==Context==
Writing in the [[4th century]], Jerome speculated that Saul of Tarsus had been renamed Paul (''Paulus'') because he had converted Sergius Paulus to Christianity: {{blockquote|"For as Scipio assumed the name of Africanus for himself when Africa was subjugated...so also Saulus, who was sent to preach to the nations, brought back from the initial spoils of the church, the proconsul Sergius Paulus, the trophy of his victory, and he raised a standard so that he was called Paulus."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Scheck|first=Thomas P.|title=St. Jerome's Commentaries on Galatians, Titus, and Philemon|publisher=University of Notre Dame Press|year=2010|location=Notre Dame, IN|pages=358}}</ref>}}

Some medieval legends misidentified Sergius Paullus as [[Paul of Narbonne]].<ref>[http://vppyr.free.fr/pages_saints/vpp_st_paul_serge.htm Saints et Vénérations de la Voie du Piémont Pyrénéen]</ref>

Sergius Paulus may have been the first of several successive senators named Lucius Sergius Paullus, of [[Antioch, Pisidia]], including one who was consul suffectus c. 70, and another who was twice consul, [[Lucius Sergius Paullus (consul 168)|Lucius Sergius Paullus]], the father of Sergia Paulla, who married [[Quintus Anicius Faustus]], [[Legatus|Legate]] of [[Numidia]] in 198, and had [[Quintus Anicius Faustus Paulinus]], governor of [[Moesia Inferior]] between 229 and 232.<ref>[[Anthony Wagner]], ''Pedigree and Progress, Essays in the Genealogical Interpretation of History'', London, Philmore, 1975. Rutgers Alex CS4.W33., p. 59</ref><ref>Alexander Weiß, ''Soziale Elite und Christentum. Studien zu ordo-Angehörigen unter den frühen Christen'', Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter, 2015, p. 66-75.</ref>