Pope Adrian III - Pope Adrian III Adrian III was pope from 884 to 885. He was born at Rome. He died in 885, at Modena, on a journey to Worms, in modern Germany. Little is known of Adrian's papacy, nor of why he is venerated. Preceded by: Pope Marinus I List of popes Succeeded by: Pope Stephen VI.
Pope Alexander III - Pope Alexander III Alexander III (Orlando Bandinelli, d. August 30, 1181), was pope from 1159 to 1181. He was born in Siena, and first made his mark as teacher of canon law at the University of Bologna, where he composed the Stroma or the Summa Magistri Rolandi, one of the earliest commentaries on the Decretum Gratiani. In October 1150 Pope Eugene III created him cardinal deacon of SS. Cosmae and Damiani; later he became cardinal priest of St Mark's. Probably about this time he composed his Sentences, based on the Introductio ad theologiam of Abelard. In 1153 he became papal chancellor, and was the leader of the cardinals opposed to Frederick Barbarossa. On the September 7, 1159 he was chosen the successor of Pope Adrian IV,.
Pope Leo III - Pope Leo III Leo III was Pope from 795-816. On Christmas Day 800 Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor. The reasons for this action, the involvement beforehand of the Frankish court, and the relationship to the Byzantine Empire are all matters of debate among historians. Preceded by: Pope Adrian I List of popes Succeeded by: Pope Stephen V.
Pope Adrian I - Pope Adrian I Adrian or Hadrian I, pope from 772 to 795, was the son of Theodore, a Roman nobleman. Soon after his accession the territory ruled by the popes was invaded by Desiderius, king of the Lombards, and Adrian found it necessary to invoke the aid of the Frankish king Charlemagne, who entered Italy with a large army, besieged Desiderius in his capital of Pavia, took that town, banished the Lombard king to Corbie in France and took the title King of the Lombards. he pope, whose expectations had been aroused, had to content himself with some additions to the duchy of Rome, and to the Exarchate, and the Pentapolis. In his contest with the Eastern Roman Empire and the Lombard princes of Benevento, Adrian.
Pope Adrian IV - Pope Adrian IV Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100 - 1159) was pope from 1154 to 1159. Born Nicholas Breakspear, Adrian IV is the only Englishman who has occupied the papal chair. He was born at Langley near St Albans in Hertfordshire. His father was Robert, a priest of the diocese of Bath, who entered a monastery and left the boy to his own resources. Nicholas went to Paris and finally became a monk of the cloister of St. Rufus near Arles. He rose to be prior and in 1137 was unanimously elected abbot. His reforming zeal as abbot led to the lodging of complaints against him at Rome; but these merely attracted to him the favourable attention of Pope Eugene III, who created him cardinal bishop.
Pope Adrian V - Pope Adrian V Adrian V. (Ottobuono de' Fieschi), pope in 1276, was a Genoese who was created cardinal deacon by his uncle Innocent IV. In 1264 he was sent to England to mediate between King Henry III and his barons. He was elected pope to succeed Innocent V on the July 11, 1276, but died at Viterbo on August 18, without having been ordained to the priesthood. Preceded by: Pope Innocent V List of popes Succeeded by: Pope John XXI.
Pope Innocent III - Pope Innocent III Pope Innocent III (born Lotario de Conti, 1161 - 1216) was Pope from January 8, 1198 until his death. He was the son of Count Trasimund of Segni and nephew of Pope Clement III, born at Anagni, Italy. His father was a member of the famous house of Conti, from which nine popes, including Gregory IX, Alexander IV and Innocent XIII have sprung; his mother, Claricia, belonged to the noble Roman family of Scotti. He was educated in Rome, Paris (under Peter of Corbeil), and Bologna (under Huguccio), he was considered an intellectual and one of the greatest canon lawyers of his time. After the death of Pope Alexander III he returned to Rome and held offices during the short reigns of Lucius.
Pope Lucius III - Pope Lucius III Lucius III. (Ubaldo Allucingoli), pope from September 1, 1181 to November 25, 1185, a native of Lucca and a Cistercian monk, named cardinal-priest of Santa Prassede by Pope Innocent II and cardinal-bishop of Ostia and Velletri by Pope Adrian IV, succeeded Pope Alexander III. He lived at Rome from November 1181 to March 1182, but dissensions in the city compelled him to pass the remainder of his pontificate in exile, mainly at Velletri, Anagni and Verona. He disputed with the emperor Frederick I the disposal of the territories of the Countess Matilda. In November 1184 he held a synod at Verona which condemned the Cathars, Paterines, Waldensians and Arnoldists, and anathematized all heretics and their abettors. Lucius died in the midst of preparations.
Pope Paul III - Pope Paul III Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese) was pope from 1534 to 1549. He was the pontiff who excommunicated king Henry VIII of England in 1538, when Henry divorced his wife, Catherine of Aragon. He also called the Council of Trent in 1545. Text from Schaff-Herzog Encyc of Religion: He was born at Carino, in Tuscany, and came through his mother from the Gaetani family, which had also produced Pope Boniface VIII. He received his instruction at Rome and Florence from distinguished humanists, and became a protonotary at the Curia under Pope Innocent VIII. From Pope Alexander VI he received rapid promotion, becoming cardinal in 1493. He came near succeeding Pope Leo X and Pope Adrian VI. Under Pope Clement VII he became cardinal bishop.
Adrian - Adrian Adrian is the name of several historical figures: Adrian I - Pope from 772 to 705 Adrian II - Pope from 867 to 872 Adrian III - Pope from 884 to 885 Adrian IV - Pope from 1154 to 1159 Adrian V - Pope in 1276 Adrian VI - Pope from 1522 to 1523 the name of several places in the United States of America: Adrian, Georgia Adrian, Michigan Adrian, Minnesota Adrian, Missouri Adrian, Oregon Adrian, Texas Adrian, Wisconsin and in Canada: Adrian, Ontario This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the.
Pope John XXI - Pope John XXI John XXI, a Portuguese, was pope from 1276 to May 20, 1277 (the day he died). Preceded by: Pope Adrian V List of popes Succeeded by: Pope Nicholas III.
Pope Anastasius IV - Pope Anastasius IV Anastasius IV was pope from 1153 to 1154. He was a Roman named Conrad, son of Benedictus, and at the time of his election, on the 9th of July 1153, was cardinal bishop of Sabina. He had taken part in the double election of 1130, had been one of the most determined opponents of Antipope Anacletus II and, when Pope Innocent II fled to France, had been left behind as his vicar in Italy. During his short pontificate, however, he played the part of a peacemaker; he came to terms with the emperor Frederick I in the vexed question of the appointment to the see of Magdeburg and closed the long quarrel, which had raged through four pontificates, about the appointment of William.
Pope Marinus I - Pope Marinus I Pope Marinus I (or Martin II), pope 882-884, succeeded John VIII in the pontificate about the end of December 882. On three separate occasions he had been employed by the three popes who preceded him as legate to Constantinople, his mission in each case having reference to the controversy excited by Photius, patriarch of Constantinople. Among his first acts as pope were the restitution of Formosus, cardinal bishop of Porto, and the anathematizing of Photius. He died in May or June 884, his successor being Adrian III original text from the 9th (1880s) edition of an encyclopedia we mustn't name Preceded by: Pope John VIII List of popes Succeeded by: Pope Adrian III.
Pope Clement VII - Pope Clement VII CLEMENT VII, antipope (1378-1394). See antipope Clement VII. CLEMENT VII (Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, 1478 - 1534), pope from 1523 to 1534. This most unfortunate of the popes was the illegitimate son of Giuliano de' Medici, who was assassinated in the Pazzi Conspiracy against the Medici; he was thus the nephew of Lorenzo de' Medici and cousin of Pope Leo X. Upon the latter's accession to the Papacy, Giulio became his principal minister and confidant, especially in the maintenance of the Medici interest at Florence. At Leo's death, Cardinal Medici, though unable to gain the Papacy for himself or his ally Alessandro Farnese, took a leading part in determining the unexpected election of Pope Adrian VI, to whom he succeeded in the.
Pope Silvester I - Pope Silvester I Silvester I (or Sylvester), pope (January 314 - December 335), succeeded Miltiades and was followed by Marcus. The accounts of his Papacy preserved in the Liber Pontificalis (7th or 8th century) and in Anastasius are little else than a record of the gifts said to have been conferred on the Roman Church by Constantine the Great. He was represented at the First Council of Nicaea, and is said to have held a council at Rome to condemn the heresies of Arius and others. The story of his having baptized Constantine is pure fiction, as contemporary evidence shows the emperor to have received this rite near Nicomedia at the hands of Eusebius, bishop of that city. According to the 19th century historian Döllinger, the.
Pope Stephen IV - Pope Stephen IV Stephen IV, pope (August 1, 768 - January 24, 772), was a native of Sicily, and, having come to Rome during the pontificate of Gregory III, gradually rose to high office in the service of successive popes. On the deposition of Antipope Constantine II, Stephen was chosen to succeed him. Fragmentary records are preserved of the council (April 769) at which the degradation of Constantine was completed, certain new arrangements for papal elections made, and the practice of devotion to icons confirmed (see iconoclasm). The politics of Stephen's reign are obscure, but he inclined to alliance between the Papacy and the Lombards rather than to the Franks. He was succeeded by Adrian I There is a problem in numbering the Popes Stephen --.
Pope Stephen VI - Pope Stephen VI Stephen VI, pope (885-891), succeeded Pope Adrian III, and was in turn succeeded by Pope Formosus. In his dealings with Constantinople in the matter of Photius, as also in his relations with the young Slavonic church, he pursued the policy of Pope Nicholas I. There is a problem in numbering the Popes Stephen -- see Pope Stephen II for the explanation. from the 9th edition (1887) of an unnamed encyclopedia. Preceded by: Pope Adrian III List of popes Succeeded by: Pope Formosus.
Pope Nicholas I - Pope Nicholas I Pope Nicholas I reigned from 858 to 867, and is remembered as a consolidator of Papal authority and power. He refused to grant an annulment to Lothar II from Theutberga so that Lothar could marry his mistress Waldrada; when a Council pronounced in favor of annulment Nicholas I declared the Council to be deposed, its messengers excommunicated, and its decisions void. Despite pressure from the Carolingians, who laid siege to Rome, his decision held. During his reign, relations with the Byzantine Empire soured over his support for Ignatius as Patriarch of Constantinople, who had been removed and Photius appointed to replace him. Preceded by: Pope Benedict III List of popes Succeeded by: Pope Adrian II.
List of popes - List of popes Note on numbering of popes: There has never been a Pope John XX, Pope Martin II or Pope Martin III. until 499 St. Peter (33(?)-67(?)) St. Linus (67(?)-79(?)) Pope Anacletus I (79(?)-88) Pope Clement I (88-97) Pope Evaristus (97-105) Pope Alexander I (105-115) Pope Sixtus I (115-125) Pope Telesphorus (125-136) Pope Hyginus (136-140) Pope Pius I (140-155) Pope Anicetus (155-166) Pope Soter (166-175) Pope Eleuterus (175-189) Pope Victor I (189-199) Pope Zephyrinus (199-217) Pope Callixtus I (217-222) Pope Urban I (222-230) Pope Pontian (230-235) Pope Anterus (235-236) Pope Fabian (236-250) Pope Cornelius (251-253) Pope Lucius I (253-254) Pope Stephen I (254-257) Pope Sixtus II (257-258) Pope Dionysius (260-268) Pope Felix I (269-274) Pope Eutychian (275-283) Pope Caius (283-296) Pope Marcellinus (296-304) Pope Marcellus I (308-309) Pope Eusebius (309-310).
List of 10 longest-reigning Popes - tradition, he spent 25 in Rome. (Peter was not however known as pope in his lifetime) Pius IX (1846-1878): 31 years and 7 months. Leo XIII (1878-1903): 25 years and 5 months (9281 days). John Paul II (1978-present): 25 years and 2 months or 9192 days as of 16 December 2003, would pass Leo XIII on 14 March 2004 if still reigning as Pope. Pope Pius VI (1775-1799): 24 years and 6 months (8962 days). Adrian I (772-795): 23 years and 10 months. Pius VII (1800-1823): 23 years and 5 months. Alexander III (1159-1181): 21 years, 11 months, and 23 days. St. Silvester I (314-335): 21 years and 11 months. St. Leo I (440-461): 21 years and 1 month. See also List of 10 shortest-reigning Popes.
