Pope Saint Adrian III

Memorial

• 8 July

Profile

Pope for approximately one year. Almost nothing is known of his life before his ascension. Adrian opposed the Roman aristocratic faction led by the corrupt bishop Formosus, and arrested the more violent members of the group. He died en route to Worms, Germany where he was going to help settle the question of succession to Emperor Charles the Fat.

Born

• at Teano, Italy, or Rome, Italy (records vary)

Papal Ascension

• 17 May 884

Died

• summer 885 near Modena, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the monastery of Nonantula near Modena

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santini Imagini

MLA Citation

• “Pope Saint Adrian III”. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 April 2010. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/pope-saint-adrian-iii/>