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Paulus Hungarus

Hungarian friar

SaintDominican OrderPre-congregation
Born
1180
Died
1242
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Paulus Hungarus (Paul the Hungarian; ca. 1180 - 10 February 1241) was a Hungarian friar of the Dominican Order who lived during the thirteenth century, and is author of the Summa poenitentiae, Hungarus also annotated Compilatio I-III, a collection of Canon law. Hungarus planned a network of monasteries throughout the Kingdom of Hungary to act as a bulwark against heresy, one of which is the Church of the Dominican Monastery in Segesvár (now Sighișoara, Romania).

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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