Paschal I

[ pas-kuhl ]

noun

1. died a.d. 824, pope 817–824.

Example Sentences

A disk of porphyry in the pavement marks the grave of forty martyrs collected by Paschal I. The mother of that pope is also buried here, and the inscription commemorating her observes an ancient ecclesiastical usage in allowing her the title of "episcopa:" "Ubi utique benignissim� su� genitricis, scilicet Domin� Theodor�, Episcop� corpus quiescit."

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In this chapel Paschal I. saw the spirit of his nephew dragged to heaven by an angel, through the little window, while he was saying a mass for his soul.

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The Monastery attached to the church, founded by Paschal I., was first occupied by Basilian, but since 1198 has belonged to Vallombrosan monks.

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Lothaire, crowned by Paschal I.; and, in the last year of the reign of Leo IV.,

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The foundation of the church dates from its consecration by Pope Urban I., after the death of St. Cecilia, but it was rebuilt by Paschal I. in 821, and miserably modernized by Cardinal Doria in 1725.

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