Back Pous Adrianus IV Afrikaans Hadrián IV AN أدريان الرابع Arabic ادريان الرابع ARZ IV Adrian Azerbaijani Адрыян IV Byelorussian Адрыян IV (папа рымскі) BE-X-OLD Адриан IV (папа) Bulgarian Adrian IV Breton Adrià IV Catalan
Adrian IV | |
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| Papacy began | 4 December 1154 |
| Papacy ended | 1 September 1159 |
| Predecessor | Pope Anastasius IV |
| Successor | Pope Alexander III |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Nicholas Breakspear |
| Born | c. 1100 |
| Died | 1 September 1159 |
| Other popes named Adrian | |
Adrian IV (Latin: Hadrianus Quartus; c. 1100 – 1 September 1159), born Nicholas Breakspear or Breakspeare, was Pope from 1154 to 1159.[1]
Breakspear was an English priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 170th Pope.[1] He is the only Englishman ever to have been Pope.[2][3]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "List of Popes," Catholic Encyclopedia (2005); retrieved 2011-11-3.
- ↑ Raby, Richard (1849). Pope Adrian IV: An historical sketch. By Richard Raby. Richardson. p. 3.
- ↑ The English Pope by George F. Tull