ADRIAN IV


Meaning of ADRIAN IV in English

orig. Nicholas Breakspear

born 1100?, Abbot's Langley, near St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Eng.

died Sept. 1, 1159, Anagni, near Rome [Italy]

Pope (1154–59), the only Englishman ever to hold the office.

He served in France and Italy before a successful mission to Scandinavia led to his election as pope. Adrian crowned Laudabiliter supposedly gave Ireland to {{link=Henry">Henry II of England, a claim that was later refuted. Adrian's refusal to recognize the king of Sicily, William I, stirred revolt in the Campania.

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