Saint Paschasius
- Also known as
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Radbertus;
Paschasius Radbertus;
Paschasius Radbert
- Memorial
- 26 April
- Profile
- A foundling whose background is completely unknown.
Raised by monks after being found by nuns on the steps of Notre Dame of Soissons.
Unruly in his youth, even with the brothers.
Benedictine monk under Saint Adalard.
Deacon.
Teacher.
Helped found the monastery at Corbie, France in 822, and to make the at one of the most famous places of learning in its day.
He travelled Europe, speaking at councils, negotiating political and religious conflicts.
Against his will he was elected abbot of the Corbie monastery in 844.
During undescribed trouble in the monastery in 851, he resigned his position to settle the dispute.
He retired as a hermit to the monastery at Saint Riquiet at Cenula.
Spent the rest of his life writing on history, philosophy, and theology.
His The Body and Blood of Christ started the first controversy on the Eucharist, and cleared the way for a precise understanding of Transubstantiation.
- Born
- c.790 at Soissons, France
- Died
- c.860 at Corbie, France of natural causes;
buried in the church of Saint John, Corbie;
relics re-interred at Saint Peter's church, Corbie on 12 July 1073
- Additional Information
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Catholic Encyclopedia, by J Pohle
New Catholic Dictionary
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
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