Paschal

Paschal

Saint Pascual Baylón
Pronunciation	PASS-kull or pahs-KALL
Gender	masculine
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	from Latin Paschalis, associated with Passover (or Easter), from Hebrew Pesach
Other names
Related names	Pascal, Pascale, Paschalis, Pascoe, Pascual, Pasqual and Pasquale

Paschal is used as a name. Paschal, a variant of Pascal, from Latin Paschalis, is an adjective describing either the Easter or Passover holidays.

People known as Paschal include:

• Antipope Paschal (687), a rival with Theodore for Pope
• Pope Paschal I (died 824), head of the Catholic Church from 817
• Pope Paschal II (11th-century–1118), head of the Catholic Church from 1099
• Antipope Paschal III (1164–1168), Antipope from 1164
• Paschal Baylon (1540–1592), Spanish friar and saint

• Benjamin Edwin Paschal (1895–1974), American baseball outfielder
• Bill Paschal (1921–2003), American football running back
• Bobby Paschal (born 1941), American college basketball coach
• Janet Paschal (born 1956), Contemporary Christian and southern gospel
• James Roy Paschal (1926–2004), NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup driver
• John Paschal (13th-century–1361), English Bishop
• Thomas M. Paschal (1845–1919), U.S. Representative from Texas

• Paschal Mooney, Irish politician

• Paschal Lamb (disambiguation)

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