{{about|the name}} {{Infobox given name | name = Paschal |image=LienzoS Pascual.jpg |imagesize= |caption=Saint Pascual Baylón | pronunciation = ''PASS-kull'' or ''pahs-KALL'' | gender = masculine | meaning = from Latin Paschalis, associated with Passover (or Easter), from Hebrew Pesach | region = | origin = Latin | related names = Pascal, Pascale, Paschalis, Pascoe, Pascual, Pasqual and Pasquale | footnotes = }} '''Paschal''' is used as a name. Paschal, a variant of Pascal, from Latin ''Paschalis'', is an adjective describing either the Easter or Passover holidays.
People known as Paschal include:
==Popes and religious figures==
* Antipope Paschal (687), a rival with Theodore for Pope * Pope Paschal I (died 824), head of the Catholic Church from 817 * Pope Paschal II (11th-century–1118), head of the Catholic Church from 1099 * Antipope Paschal III (1164–1168), Antipope from 1164 * Paschal Baylon (1540–1592), Spanish friar and saint
==People with the surname==
* Benjamin Edwin Paschal (1895–1974), American baseball outfielder * Bill Paschal (1921–2003), American football running back * Bobby Paschal (born 1941), American college basketball coach * Janet Paschal (born 1956), Contemporary Christian and southern gospel * James Roy Paschal (1926–2004), NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup driver * John Paschal (13th-century–1361), English Bishop * Thomas M. Paschal (1845–1919), U.S. Representative from Texas
==People with the given name==
* Paschal Mooney, Irish politician * Paschal Donohue, Irish politician
== See also == * Paschal Lamb (disambiguation)
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