Pope Saint Paul I . June 28 Pope Saint Paul I Memorial 28 June Profile Brother of Pope Stephen II. Orphaned young. Educated at the Lateran school. Deacon under Pope Zachary. Ordained in Rome, Italy. …More
Pope Saint Paul I . June 28
Pope Saint Paul I
Memorial
28 June
Profile
Brother of Pope Stephen II. Orphaned young. Educated at the Lateran school. Deacon under Pope Zachary. Ordained in Rome, Italy. Noted for his gentleness and his charity, spiritual and monetary. Papal diplomat for his brother, recovering Papal State property from the invading Lombards. Succeeded his brother as 93rd pope on 29 May 757.
Worked with King Pepin the Short and to maintain the papacy‘s temporal power. In 765 he settled an agreement with the Byzantine Desiderius regarding their boundaries. Built churches and monasteries in Rome. Opposed the iconoclastic emperor Constantine Coproynmus, and sheltered refugees from his oppression.
Born
at Rome, Italy
Papal Ascension
29 May 757
Died
28 June 767 at Saint Paul’s Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy of natural causes
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
catholicsaints.info/pope-saint-paul-i/
Pope Saint Paul I
Memorial
28 June
Profile
Brother of Pope Stephen II. Orphaned young. Educated at the Lateran school. Deacon under Pope Zachary. Ordained in Rome, Italy. Noted for his gentleness and his charity, spiritual and monetary. Papal diplomat for his brother, recovering Papal State property from the invading Lombards. Succeeded his brother as 93rd pope on 29 May 757.
Worked with King Pepin the Short and to maintain the papacy‘s temporal power. In 765 he settled an agreement with the Byzantine Desiderius regarding their boundaries. Built churches and monasteries in Rome. Opposed the iconoclastic emperor Constantine Coproynmus, and sheltered refugees from his oppression.
Born
at Rome, Italy
Papal Ascension
29 May 757
Died
28 June 767 at Saint Paul’s Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy of natural causes
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
catholicsaints.info/pope-saint-paul-i/
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Argymirus of Córdoba
Attilio of Trino
Austell of Cornwall
Benignus of Utrecht
Crummine
Damian of Campania
Egilo
Heimrad
John Southworth
Lupercio
Papias the Martyr
Paul I, Pope
Teresa Maria Mastena
Theodichildis
Vincentia Gerosa
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Martyrs of Africa – 27 saints
Martyrs of Alexandria – 41 saints
Martyrs of China
Lucia Wang Cheng
Maria Chi Yu
Maria …More
Irenaeus of Lyons (Memorial)
—
Almus of Balmerino
Argymirus of Córdoba
Attilio of Trino
Austell of Cornwall
Benignus of Utrecht
Crummine
Damian of Campania
Egilo
Heimrad
John Southworth
Lupercio
Papias the Martyr
Paul I, Pope
Teresa Maria Mastena
Theodichildis
Vincentia Gerosa
—
Martyrs of Africa – 27 saints
Martyrs of Alexandria – 41 saints
Martyrs of China
Lucia Wang Cheng
Maria Chi Yu
Maria Du Zhauzhi
Maria Fan Kun
Maria Zheng Xu
Martyrs of Korea
Matthaeus Choe In-gil
Paul Yun Yu-il
Sabas Ji-Hwang
Martyrs of Ukraine
Severian Baranyk
Yakym Senkivsky
—
Diethild of Sens
Ekhard of Huysburg
Erlembaldo Cotta of Milan
Ernin of Cluain-finn
Herman of Valaam
Peter de Oriona
Sergius of Valaam
—
Almus of Balmerino
Argymirus of Córdoba
Attilio of Trino
Austell of Cornwall
Benignus of Utrecht
Crummine
Damian of Campania
Egilo
Heimrad
John Southworth
Lupercio
Papias the Martyr
Paul I, Pope
Teresa Maria Mastena
Theodichildis
Vincentia Gerosa
—
Martyrs of Africa – 27 saints
Martyrs of Alexandria – 41 saints
Martyrs of China
Lucia Wang Cheng
Maria Chi Yu
Maria Du Zhauzhi
Maria Fan Kun
Maria Zheng Xu
Martyrs of Korea
Matthaeus Choe In-gil
Paul Yun Yu-il
Sabas Ji-Hwang
Martyrs of Ukraine
Severian Baranyk
Yakym Senkivsky
—
Diethild of Sens
Ekhard of Huysburg
Erlembaldo Cotta of Milan
Ernin of Cluain-finn
Herman of Valaam
Peter de Oriona
Sergius of Valaam