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Little is known of his early life. Paul was the first [[bishop]] of the Chalcedonian party since 482 to be elected [[patriarch]] after the election of a series of non-Chalcedonian patriarchs of Alexandria. Paul was elected patriarch after Patr. Gainas, a [[Miaphysitism|Miaphysite]], was forced from office by emperor [[Justinian]] and exiled to Sardinia. Paul's election formalized the [[schism]] between the Chalcedonians and non-Chalcedonians that had been developing since the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council]] resulting in separate Greek and Coptic lineages that have continued until today.
According to Zacharias Rhetor, Patr. Paul was driven from the patriarchal [[cathedra]] for involvement in a murder and was succeeded by a [[monk]] named [[Zoilus of Alexandria||Zoilus]]. <ref>Chronicle of Zachariah Rhetor, Bishop of Mytilene. (1899), Book 10, Chapter 1, page 300</ref>
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