{"id":"pope-paschal-ii","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-paschal-ii","language":"en","name":"Pope Paschal II","name_en":"Pope Paschal II","name_ne":null,"description":"Head of the Catholic Church from 1099 to 1118","headline":"Head of the Catholic Church from 1099 to 1118","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Pope Paschal II, born Raniero Raineri di Bleda, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 August 1099 to his death in 1118. A monk of the Abbey of Cluny, he was created the cardinal-priest of San Clemente by Pope Gregory VII (1073–85) in 1073. He was consecrated as pope in succession to Pope Urban II (1088–99) on 19 August 1099. His reign of almost twenty years was exceptionally long for a medieval pope.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Galeata","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99941"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227967#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"21 January 1118","date":"1118-01-21"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227967#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Rome","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227967#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"March of Tuscany","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1867844"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227967#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"Catholic priest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250867"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"},{"text":"Catholic bishop","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611644","start":"1099-08-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227967#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Pope (13 August 1099 – 21 January 1118)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19546","start":"1099-08-13","end":"1118-01-21"},{"text":"cardinal (since 1073)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45722","start":"1073"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227967#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paschal_II","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227967"],"faq":[{"q":"What positions has Pope Paschal II held?","a":"Positions held by Pope Paschal II include: Pope (1099–1118); cardinal (since 1073)."}],"related":[{"name":"Pope Telesphorus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-telesphorus"},{"name":"Pope Gregory XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xiii"},{"name":"Pope Clement VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-vii"},{"name":"Pope Pius I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-i"},{"name":"Pope Boniface I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-boniface-i"},{"name":"Pope Agapetus I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-agapetus-i"},{"name":"Pope Hormisdas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-hormisdas"},{"name":"Pope Innocent VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-viii"},{"name":"Pope Alexander VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-alexander-viii"},{"name":"Pope Innocent X","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-x"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-paschal-ii-c1301cee07.jpg","width":319,"height":664,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Filip1Frr_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Paschal II","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paschal_II","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q227967","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227967","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Filip1Frr (cropped).jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Filip1Frr_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pope Paschal II, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Filip1Frr (cropped).jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope Paschal II\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-paschal-ii. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T06:57:40Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-paschal-ii","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-paschal-ii","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-paschal-ii?lang=ne"}}