Pope Saint Adrian III
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- 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 or Rome (records vary)
- Papal Ascension
- 17 May 884
- Died
- summer 885 near Modena, Italy of natural causes;
buried in the monastery of Nonantula
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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