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- Adrian IV (born 1100?, Abbot’s Langley, near St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England—died September 1, 1159, Anagni, near Rome [Italy]) was the only Englishman to occupy the papal throne (1154–59). He became a canon regular of St. Ruf near Avignon, France, and in about 1150 Pope Eugenius III appointed him cardinal bishop of Albano, Italy.
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Pope Adrian IV (Latin: Adrianus IV; born Nicholas Breakspear (or Brekespear); [1] c. 1100 [note 1] – 1 September 1159, also Hadrian IV) [3] was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 4 December 1154 to his death in 1159. He is the only Englishman to have been pope.
Adrian IV (born 1100?, Abbot’s Langley, near St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England—died September 1, 1159, Anagni, near Rome [Italy]) was the only Englishman to occupy the papal throne (1154–59). He became a canon regular of St. Ruf near Avignon, France, and in about 1150 Pope Eugenius III appointed him cardinal bishop of Albano, Italy.
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Pope Adrian IV. Fortunately for Breakspear Pope Eugene III, a prominent Anglophile looked upon him favourably and ignored the whisperings and complaints. Instead he made him a cardinal, naming him Cardinal Bishop of Albano in December 1149.
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]
Sep 2, 2019 · The Cardinal is supposed to have written catechisms for the Swedes and Norwegians and a history of his Scandinavian mission, although none of these have survived. Returning from Scandinavia, Breakspear soon found himself in conclave and he was elected as Pope Adrian IV on 4th December 1154.
He returned to Rome before November 1153, having earned from the Scandinavians the epithet "the Good Cardinal," and received full support for his work from the recently elected Anastasius IV. On Anastasius's death, he was unanimously chosen as pope, the first Englishman to attain this position.
May 29, 2018 · Adrian IV (c. 1100–59). Name taken by Nicholas Breakspear, still the only Englishman to be elected pope. After studying at Paris, he became abbot of St Rufus in Avignon and then a cardinal in 1149. As papal legate to Scandinavia in 1152–3, he reorganized the churches there.
