orig. Raniero
born , Bieda di Galeata, near Ravenna
died Jan. 21, 1118
Pope (1099–1118).
He fostered the First Crusade and favoured Gregorian reforms, but his pontificate was dominated by the Investiture Controversy . Paschal came to terms on the issue of lay investiture with Henry I of England and Philip I of France (1107). His negotiations with Emperors Henry IV and Henry V were unsuccessful, and he was imprisoned by Henry V (1111). While a prisoner, he agreed to royal investiture of bishops and crowned Henry emperor, but a church council declared his concessions invalid, and the archbishop of Vienne excommunicated the emperor.