Paschal

Paschal
Pronunciation	pahs-KALL
Gender	masculine
Origin
Word/Name	Latin
Meaning	from Latin Paschalis, associated with Passover (or Easter)
Other names
Related names	Pascal, Pascale, Paschalis, Pascoe, Pascual, Pasqual and Pasquale

Paschal is a variant spelling of the name Pascal (see: Pascal (name), Pascal (surname)), from Latin Paschalis. Two popes and two antipopes have taken this name:

• Antipope Paschal (687)
• Pope Paschal I (817–824)
• Pope Paschal II (1099–1118)
• Antipope Paschal III (1164–1168)

Paschal is also the name of a saint:

• Paschal Baylon, a Spanish friar and a saint in the Roman Catholic Church; one of three patron saints of fertility at Obando, Bulacan, Philippines

Paschal is also a French and an English surname:

• Benjamin Edwin Paschal, American baseball outfielder
• Bill Paschal, American football running back
• Bobby Paschal, American college basketball coach.
• Janet Paschal, Contemporary Christian and southern gospel
• James Roy Paschal, NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup driver
• John Paschal, English Bishop
• Marcus Paschal, American football safety
• Thomas Moore Paschal, U.S. Representative from Texas.

Paschal may also be used as an adjective (from "Pascha", a Latinized spelling of the Hebrew word Pesach, meaning Passover) to describe various Easter- and Passover-related observances and events:

• Paschal month
• Paschal candle
• Paschal cycle
• Paschal Full Moon
• Paschal greeting
• Paschal Homily
• Paschal Lamb (disambiguation)
• Paschal mystery
• Paschal trikirion
• Paschal troparion
• Paschal Controversies

Paschal also refers to a school:

• R. L. Paschal High School in Fort Worth, Texas.

See also

• Pascal
• Paschall
• Pasquale (disambiguation)
• Pasqual (disambiguation)
• Pascual (disambiguation)
• Pascha (disambiguation)
• Paskha (dish)