adj. orig. Raniero born , Bieda di Galeata, near Ravenna died Jan. 21, 1118 Pope (1099-1118). He fostered the First Crusade and favoured Gregorian reforms, but his pontificate was dominated by the Investiture Controversy. Paschal came to terms on the issue of lay investiture with Henry I of England and Philip I of France (1107). His negotiations with Emperors Henry IV and Henry V were unsuccessful, and he was imprisoned by Henry V (1111). While a prisoner, he agreed to royal investiture of bishops and crowned Henry emperor, but a church council declared his concessions invalid, and the archbishop of Vienne excommunicated the emperor
Of or pertaining to the passover, or to Easter; as, a paschal lamb; paschal eggs