ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 21st of January WELCOME! PASCHAL II., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Paschal II (Rainerius), succeeded Urban II, and reigned from August 13, 1099, till he died at Rome, January 21, 1118. Born in central Italy, he was received at an early age as a monk in Cluny. In his twentieth year he was sent on business of the monastery to Rome, and was retained at the papal court by Gregory VII, and made Cardinal-Priest of St Clement's church. It was in this church that the conclave met after the death of Pope Urban, and Cardinal Rainerius was the unanimous choice of the sacred college. He protested vigorously against his election, maintaining, with some justice, that his monastic training had not fitted him to deal with the weighty problems which confronted the papacy in that troublous age. His protestations were disregarded by his colleagues, and he was consecrated the following day in St Peter's. O...