{{Short description|Norwegian priest}} [[Dominus (title)|Sir]] '''Povel Hansson Paus''' (1620 – 1658){{efn|name=name|As a member of the clergy, one of the two privileged [[Estates of the realm|estates]], he was [[style (manner of address)|styled]] as ''herr'' in Norwegian or ''[[Dominus (title)|Dominus]]'' in Latin, conventionally rendered as ''Sir'' as an ecclesiastical title in English; the Norwegian style ''herr'' was (until the 19th century) reserved for members of the clergy and the nobility; its predecessor ''sira'' (sir) had been introduced as the style for clergymen in Norway in the 13th century and gradually been replaced by the Norwegianized version ''herr'' from the 15th century.}} was a Norwegian [[priest]].
==Biography==
He was born in [[Oslo]] in 1620 as the son of the priest [[Hans Povelsson Paus the Elder]] (1587–1648). He attended Latin school in Frederiksborg, Denmark.
He then went abroad for university studies together with his brother Anders Hansson Paus. From November 1642 the brothers studied philosophy and theology at the [[University of Franeker]]. From Anders Hansson Paus, there is an academic oration printed in Greek at the University of Franeker in 1644, where he lists some of the country's most prominent men—chancellor [[Jens Bjelke]], Bjelke's son-in-law [[Daniel Ottesen Bildt]] of Hafslund, Admiral Sten Willumsen Rosenvinge of Tose, and Bishop [[Oluf Boesen]]—as patrons of his father who funded his education, and [[S. H. Finne-Grønn]] writes that the same patrons certainly also paid for Povel's studies. In May 1649 Povel earned the [[Magister (degree)|Magister]]'s degree at the [[University of Copenhagen]].{{efn|The [[Magister (degree)|Magister]]'s degree was the highest degree at the Faculty of Philosophy. Only a small minority of priests possessed this degree; many of them rose to prominent positions such as bishop or provost.}}
He then served as tutor at [[Oslo Cathedral School]] before becoming the school's conrector.
In 1653 he received a royal decree that promised him a position as parish priest of a parish to which the Crown held [[Jus patronatus|right of patronage]]. In September 1655 he became parish priest of [[Lier, Norway|Lier]], [[Bragernes]] and [[Strømsø]] (i.e. [[Drammen]] and surroundings). He celebrated his first mass in Bragernes Church on 21 October 1655.
Povel Hansson Paus participated in the homage to Prince Christian in 1656 and in the meeting of the [[estates of the realm]]—the closest thing the kingdom had to a parliament—in 1657 as a representative of the clergy in the Diocese of Oslo.<ref name=Aktstykker1969>{{ cite book |editor1-last= Johnsen | editor1-first= Oscar Albert |editor2-last= Fladby | editor2-first= Rolf | year = 1969 | title = Aktstykker til de norske stændermøders historie 1548–1661 |volume=2, issue 2|page= 457 |location= | publisher=Kjeldeskriftfondet Fund|url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2007073101027}}</ref><ref name=Aktstykker1974>{{ cite book |editor1-last= Fladby | editor1-first= Rolf | year = 1974 | title = Aktstykker til de norske stændermøders historie 1548–1661 |volume=3, issue 1|page= 20 |location=| publisher=Kjeldeskriftfondet|url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011070105015}}</ref> He died aged only 38 in February 1658. He was interred inside Bragernes Church, an honor reserved for notables. He married Magdalene Eriksdatter in Christiania in 1652.<ref name="FG">[[S. H. Finne-Grønn]] (1943). "Mag. Povl Hansen Paus." In ''[http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012052905061 Slekten Paus : dens oprindelse og 4 første generasjoner]'' (pp. 14–15). Oslo: Cammermeyer.</ref><ref>{{ cite book | author = Blom, Andreas | date = 1904 | title = Efterladte historiske optegnelser | url = http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011072520001 }}</ref>
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