Hieromartyr Paulinus of Antioch, Bishop of Lucca

IMPORTANT IDENTITY CORRECTION: the previous card (date "June 5," category hieromartyr) erroneously pointed to the historical bishop Paulinus II of Antioch (d. 388) — leader of the Eustathian party in the Meletian Schism, who is NOT venerated as a saint in any source found (not on pravenc.ru, not in the Greek Synaxarion, not on days.pravoslavie.ru) and has no calendar commemoration; June 5 O.S. in Byzantine tradition lists Dorotheus of Tyre, Apollonius, Leonidas, and Plutarch, but no Paulinus. The only genuinely venerated saint of this name connected to Antioch is the early-Christian Hieromartyr Paulinus of Antioch, Bishop of Lucca, whose date, June 29/July 12, fully replaces the previous incorrect one.

HONEST HISTORICITY CAVEAT: the vita of Hieromartyr Paulinus of Lucca is known almost entirely from a late tradition (no earlier than the 13th century — the earliest witness is a 1197 inscription), so modern scholars treat it with caution.

According to this tradition, Paulinus was a native of Antioch in Syria who was converted and instructed by the Apostle Peter himself when Peter passed through the city. Peter then sent Paulinus to preach in Italy, to the town of Lucca in Tuscany, where he became its first bishop. Around AD 67, under Nero, Paulinus suffered martyrdom together with a priest, a deacon, and a soldier, whose names have not been preserved. His relics are venerated in the Cathedral of Lucca, where he is honored as the city's patron saint.