Birthplace
Rome
Pope from
17 May 884
Pope until
885
Died
885
Who he was
Adrian was a Roman, elected in 884 after the death of Marinus I. Very little is recorded of him or his reign, which lasted little more than a year.
What he is remembered for
He died near Modena in the summer of 885 while travelling to an imperial assembly called by Charles the Fat to settle the succession to the empire, and was buried in the abbey of Nonantola, where he has been honoured locally ever since. Pope Leo XIII allowed the clergy of Rome and Modena to keep his feast on 7 September.
He is honoured by the Church as Saint. Read his page in the dictionary of saints.
Sources
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