Roman Catholic Pope. Elected by a large majority in April or May 757, Paul I turned his paternal home into a monastery, and near it built the church of San Silvestro in Capite. To this church Paul I transferred the bones of numerous martyrs from the decayed sanctuaries in the catacombs devastated by the Lombards in 756. Paul I died near the church of San Paolo fuori le mura, (June 28 767) where he had gone during the heat of summer. He was buried in this church, but after three months his body was transferred to St. Peter's.
Roman Catholic Pope. Elected by a large majority in April or May 757, Paul I turned his paternal home into a monastery, and near it built the church of San Silvestro in Capite. To this church Paul I transferred the bones of numerous martyrs from the decayed sanctuaries in the catacombs devastated by the Lombards in 756. Paul I died near the church of San Paolo fuori le mura, (June 28 767) where he had gone during the heat of summer. He was buried in this church, but after three months his body was transferred to St. Peter's.
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