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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Pascal m. Latin paschalis 'of Easter, Paschal'.

The name of a 7th C antipope, a 9th C pope, a 12th C pope, and a 12th C antipope.

Cornish-influenced forms such as Pasc(h)o(e) and Pascow are, despite appearances, forms of Pascal and not forms of Pask.

Austria
Latin
798 Pascalii (gen) UrkStyria 1; 1114 Pascalis (gen) ibid. 100b
England
Early Modern English
1559 Pascawe COmar-vol5 p. 1; 1566 Pascawe ibid. p. 3; 1567 Pascaw ibid. p. 84; 1579 Pascowe COmar-vol2 p. 122; 1580 Pascowe ibid. p. 122; 1581 Pascowe ibid. p. 122; 1584 Pascow (nom) ibid. p. 71; 1585 Paskow DEmar-vol2 p. 11; 1590 Pascawe COmar-vol5 p. 9, Pascow DEmar-vol2 p. 21; 1591 Pascawe COmar-vol5 p. 9; 1594 Pascow COmar-vol2 p. 72; 1595 Pasco DEmar-vol2 p. 31
France
Latin
11thC Paschalis (nom) StVdM-II 710; 1060 Pascalis (nom) ibid. 730, Paschalis (nom) ibid. 730; 1101x1129 Pascalis (nom) CartStPC XXX; 1117 Paschalis (nom) ibid. XI; 1196/97 Paschalis (nom) ibid. I; 1274 Pascalis (gen) RHF-VIII p. 59
Germany
Latin
822 Pascalis (nom) HambUrk-vol1 VI; 1100 Pascale (abl) quix-vol1 78; 1394 Pascual (abl) SMM p. 176
Italy
Latin
1105 Pascalis (nom) UrkStyria 96, Paschalis (gen) ibid. 96; 1109 Pascalis (nom) ibid. 97; 1113 Pascalis (nom) CartNDJosaphat II; 1161 Pascali (abl) Livi p. 42; 1376 Pasquale (abl) DouGen1 p. 63, Pasqualis (gen) ibid. p. 234; 1387 Paschalis (gen) Venditti II-65; 1522x1532 Pascalis (nom) DSF p. 51, 10
1376 Pasqualino (abl) DouGen1 p. 106, Pasquarino (abl) ibid. p. 135
Spain
Latin
1124 Pascal (nom) CDSS IV, Pascual (nom) ibid. III
Catalan
1510 Pasqual valencia1510 194
Spanish
1495 Pascual montalvo; 1575 Pascual Catalogo-5.2 3828
Cite as: G. Grim, S.L. Uckelman. "Pascal". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Pascal.