Christopher de Paus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christopher de Paus

papal chamberlain and count

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1862

Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 10-Sep-1943

Profession: chamberlain, art collector, philanthropist, estate owner

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Christopher Tostrup Paus, Count of Paus (10 September 1862 – 10 September 1943) was a Norwegian landowner, heir to the timber firm Tostrup & Mathiesen, papal chamberlain and count, known as philanthropist, art collector and socialite in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He gave large donations to museums in Scandinavia and to the Catholic Church.
A convert to Catholicism, he was appointed as a papal chamberlain by Pope Benedict XV in 1921 and conferred the title of count by Pope Pius XI in 1923.