Editing Paulinus of Nola (section)

==Legend==
[[Gregory the Great]] recounts a popular story that alleges that when the Vandals raided Campania, a poor widow came to Paulinus for help when her only son had been carried off by the son-in-law of the Vandal king. Having exhausted his resources in ransoming other captives, Paulinus said, "Such as I have I give thee", and went to Africa to exchange places with the widow's son. There Paulinus was accepted in place of the widow's son, and employed as gardener. After a time the king found out that his son-in-law's slave was the great Bishop of Nola. He at once set him free, granting him also the freedom of all the captive townsmen of Nola.<ref>Butler, Alban (1894). [http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/lots/lots199.htm "St. Paulinus of Nola"]. Benziger Bros. (ed.). ''Lives of the Saints''.</ref> According to [[Pope Benedict XVI]], "the historical truth of this episode is disputed, but the figure of a Bishop with a great heart who knew how to make himself close to his people in the sorrowful trials of the barbarian invasions lives on."<ref name=Benedict/>