Paul the Presbyter

Paul the presbyter, a Pannonian by nationality, as I learned from his own lips, wrote On Preserving Virginity and Contempt for the World, and The Ordering of Life, or The Correction of Morals. They are written in a mediocre style but seasoned with divine salt. The two books were addressed to a certain noble virgin devoted to Christ, named Constantia. In them he mentions Jovinian the heretic, a preacher of pleasure and lust, who was so far from leading a continent and chaste life that he belched out his life in the midst of luxurious banquets. [a]