Pope Paschal I
Pope · Italy · Religious Figures · Lived 775 to 824 · aged 49
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Something wrong?A ninth-century pope who rebuilt Rome's basilicas and crowned an emperor, then died under a cloud - two papal officials were murdered during his reign, and he was accused of ordering the killings.
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Paschal came from Roman aristocracy and ran St. Stephen's monastery, a waystation for pilgrims, before his election as bishop of Rome in January 817. He spent his papacy rebuilding churches - three basilicas among them - and in 823 placed the imperial crown on Lothair I. But his reign ended in scandal: two papal officials were found dead, blinded and beheaded, and fingers pointed at Paschal himself. He died in 824 with the accusations unresolved.
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