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98th Roman Pontiff
St Paschal I
PASCHALIS
Paschalis
98th Successor of St Peter · 817–824 · Rome · b. Rome, Papal States
817
Elected
824
Reign ended
7 years
Length
9th
Century
The Life
Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Son of Bonosus and Theodora. Credited with finding the body of Saint Cecilia in the Catacomb of Callixtus and building the basilica of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere and the church of Santa Maria in Domnica.
Portrait: https://etc.usf.edu/clippix/picture/rome-santa-prassede-apse-mosaic-pope-paschal-i-st-paul / Wikimedia Commons