Paschal I

Who they were

Paschal, a Roman, was superior of the monastery of St Stephen by St Peter's, where he cared for pilgrims. He was unanimously elected pope in 817.

He remained loyal to St Theodore the Studite against the Iconoclasts and sheltered fleeing monks, and improved Rome's churches. He died in 824 and is honoured as a saint.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

A pope who cared for pilgrims and defended holy images.

Connected on this site

• Proceso Saint
  “A basilica was built over their tomb on the Via Aurelia in the fourth century, where St Gregory the Great preached on their feast, and in the ninth century Pope St Paschal I moved their relics to St Peter's, where they rest in the south transept.” — this site's research
• Saints Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus Saint
  “Pope Paschal I later moved their relics to the basilica of St Cecilia in Trastevere.” — this site's research
• Zeno of Rome Saint
  “Zeno was a Roman martyr, identified as a priest by Pope Paschal I, who moved his remains to the oratory dedicated to him inside the Basilica of Santa Prassede in Rome.” — this site's research