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Paschal II

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noun

  1. Ranieri, died 1118, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1099–1118.


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Since Pope Paschal II died in January 1118, this would presumably fix the time of Eric's arrival at 1117.

From Time Magazine Archive

His ashes, which were said by his followers to have worked miracles, were thrown into the water by Paschal II.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Hildebrand himself, though probably not a monk of Cluny, was a monk of a Cluniac monastery in Rome; his successor, Urban II., was actually a Cluny monk, as was Paschal II.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

Hence he was soon engaged in a controversy with Paschal II.

From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher

Pope Paschal II, a prisoner, resigns the right of investiture and crowns the Emperor.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

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