Pope Adrian III
Pope Saint Adrian III | |
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Papacy began | 17 May 884 |
Papacy ended | 8 July 885 |
Predecessor | Marinus I |
Successor | Stephen V |
Personal details | |
Birth name | ??? |
Born |
??? Rome, Papal States |
Died |
8 July 885 Modena, Carolingian Empire |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 8 July |
Venerated in | |
Canonized |
2 June 1891 Rome, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII |
Attributes | Papal vestments |
Other popes named Adrian |
Papal styles of Pope Adrian III | |
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Reference style | His Holiness |
Spoken style | Your Holiness |
Religious style | Holy Father |
Posthumous style | Saint |
Pope Adrian III (Latin: Adrianus III; died July 885), was Pope from 17 May 884 to his death in 885.[1]
Biography
He was born at Rome. He died in July 885 at San Cesario sul Panaro (Modena) not long after embarking on a trip to Worms, in modern Germany. The purpose the journey was to attend an Imperial Diet after being summoned by the Frankish King Charles III, the Fat, to settle the succession to the Holy Roman Empire[2] and discuss the rising power of the Saracens. He is also known to have written a letter condemning the Christians of both Muslim-ruled and Christian-ruled parts of Spain for being too friendly with the Jews in these lands.[3]
Canonization
His cult was confirmed in 1891, and his feast day is 8 July.[4]
His death and subsequent burial in the church of San Silvestro Nonantola Abbey near Modena[5] is commemorated in the sculpted reliefs (c. 1122) that frame the doorway of this church. His relics are found near the high altar here.
See also
References
- ↑ "Pope St. Adrian III". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
- ↑ Richard P. McBrien, Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II, (HarperCollins, 2000), 143.
- ↑ Bernard S. Bachrach (1 Jan 1977). Early Medieval Jewish Policy in Western Europe (reprint ed.). U of Minnesota Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780816608140.
- ↑ Hadrian III, Francois Bougard, The Papacy: An Encyclopedia, Vol.2, ed. Philippe Levillain, (Routledge, 2002), 682
- ↑ Hadrian III, Francois Bougard, The Papacy: An Encyclopedia, Vol.2, 682.
- 9th edition (1880s) of the Encyclopædia Britannica
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Preceded by Marinus I |
Pope 884–885 |
Succeeded by Stephen V |
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