Paul of Venice (c.1368–1429), Italian philosopher and theologian. A Hermit of Saint Augustine (O.E.S.A.), he spent three years as a student in Oxford (1390–93) and taught at the University of Padua, where he became a doctor of arts and theology in 1408. He also held appointments at the universities of Parma, Siena, and Bologna. He was active in the administration of his order, holding various high offices. Paul of Venice wrote commentaries on several logical, ethical, and physical works of Aristotle, but his name is connected especially with an extremely popular textbook, Logica parva (over 150 manuscripts survive, and more than forty printed editions of it were made), and with a huge Logica magna. These Oxford-influenced works contributed to the favorable climate enjoyed by the English logic in northern Italian universities from the late fourteenth century through the fifteenth century. I.Bo.