Paschasius, of Neapolis (Naples)

A Paschasius associated with Neapolis (Naples), known chiefly as the recipient of letters preserved in the registers of Cassiodorus and Pope Gregory the Great, placing his activity in Ostrogothic and post-Gothic-War Italy across the sixth century. He is otherwise little attested as an independent figure: the designation 'of Naples' and the six letters addressed to him suggest a Neapolitan cleric or local notable involved in the administrative and ecclesiastical correspondence of the period, but his specific office, dates, and biography are not securely recoverable from the surviving evidence. Care is warranted, since several distinct men named Paschasius circulate in sixth-century Italian sources (including the Roman deacon Paschasius), and the precise identity behind this correspondent should not be overstated.