Paul of Segni was an Italian nobleman and Franciscan friar who served as the

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in the Levant from 1261 until 1285 and as a

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to the kingdoms of Germany and Sicily in 1279–1280. He was the most prominent churchman from the east at the

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in 1274. After 1275, he was involved in a dispute with the bishop of Tortosa that took him to Rome. He spent his last five years in Italy.

Family

Paul was born into the Roman noble family of the

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and owned land in the Papal State. He was a friar of the

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and an associate (''confrater'') of the Order of the Temple. His sister,

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, was the wife of Prince