Pope Paschal I

Paschalis I. (Hebrew -Greek- Latin of the Paschal; * Easter in Rome, † February 11 824 ibid ) was 817-824 Pope as the successor of Stephen IV

Paschal was abbot of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Rome, when he was elected on January 25, 817 to the Pope. He was awarded by Emperor Louis the Pious already negotiated with its predecessor guarantee the independence of the Papal States and the free election of a pope.

Paschal was striving to cooperate with the Western Empire, and anointed 823 Lothar I Emperor of the Frankish Empire. However, Lothar tried soon after, a closer link between the papacy and the Church in the Empire State. Paschalis again tried to take and consolidate his position in Rome 's influence in the Frankish kingdom church. He was also one of the main sponsors of the missionary work in Northern Europe. Culturally, he was also active in taking care of the creation and restoration of Roman churches that were sometimes decorated with mosaics in late antique tradition.

In Rome he was unpopular because of his strict guidance office, 824 took place in Rome riots. After his death he was buried in the rebuilt church he Santa Prassede, the people prevented burial in St. Peter. His successor Eugen II had the bones but in a chapel of the Vatican Basilica on lead. Maybe he made ​​the Zenon 's Chapel in the Basilica of Santa Prassede build as a tomb for his mother Teodora episcopa.

Feast day of sainted Paschal is on 14 May. Catholic feast day is February 11.