Paul the Deacon
Paul the Deacon ( 720s 13 April in 796, 797, 798, or 799 CE), also known as "Paulus Diaconus", "Warnefridus", "Barnefridus", or "Winfridus", and sometimes suffixed "Cassinensis" ("i.e." "of Monte Cassino"), was a Benedictine monk, scribe, and historian of the Lombards.