PAULUS DIACONUS And now I come to the final settlement of Italy and the Lombard race; and to do that well, I must introduce you today to an old chronicler – a PAULUS DIACONUS (c. 720 - 800 A.D.). HISTORIA LANGOBARDORUM. Liber I · Liber II · Liber III · Liber IV · Liber V · Liber VI. HISTORIA ROMANA (Paulus Diaconus; also called Casinensis, Levita, and Warnefridi). Historian, born at Friuli about 720; died 13 April, probably 799. He was a descendant of a Paulus Diaconus. langobardischer Universalgelehrter, Geschichtsschreiber und Dichter, * um 720/725 Cividale (Friaul), † um 799 Montecassino (?). Paul The Deacon, Latin Paulus Diaconus, (born c. 720, Cividale del Friuli, Lombardy [Italy]—died c. 799, Montecassino, Benevento), Lombard historian and poet 720s – 13 April 799 AD), also known as Paulus Diaconus, Warnefridus, Barnefridus, Winfridus and sometimes suffixed Cassinensis (i.e. "of Monte Cassino"), was a Benedictine monk, scribe, and historian of the Lombards. Dec 31, 2009 - Dec 31, 2009 -Nov 22, 2011 -