Adrian III

Adrian III
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Papacy began	May 17, 884
Papacy ended	September, 885
Predecessor	Marinus I
Successor	Stephen V
Born	??? Rome, Italy
Died	September, 885 Modena, Italy
Other popes named Adrian

Styles of Pope Adrian III
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Holy Father
Posthumous style	Saint

Pope Adrian III (also known as Hadrian III) was Pope from May 17, 884 to September, 885.

Biography

The paucity of information on Adrian III is typical of the lack of detailed biographical data on many of the Popes from this period. He was born in Rome. At this time, Popes were elected by the people and clergy of Rome and almost all of them served from a young age within the papal establishment. Presumably, Adrian worked his way up through the ranks. He may or may not have been a Cardinal before his election. He was obviously popular enough to be a candidate for the papacy, although money was not uninvolved in the process at this time. There is, however, no evidence that he engineered the election. One source refers to his "having aided the Romans during a famine", which could explain his election to the papacy

He died in September, 885, at Modena, on a journey to Worms, in modern Germany. Canonized June 2, 1891. Feast day, july 8 His brief pontificate came during troubled times. He died en route to a diet at Worms, Germany, after being summoned by the Frankish King Charles III, The Fat, to settle the succession to the empire and discuss the rising Saracen power. The motives for his veneration are practically unknown, but he was noted for having aided the Romans during a famine. His cult was confirmed in 1891, and his feast day is 8 July.

Roman Catholic Popes
Preceded by: Marinus I	Bishop of Rome 884–885	Succeeded by: Stephen V

References

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• 9th edition (1880s) of the Encyclopædia Britannica
• Cheetham, Sir Nicolas Keepers of the Keys: a history of the popes from St Peter to John Paul II, NY: Scribner, 1983 ISBN 9780684178639
• Duffy, Eamon Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997 ISBN 9780300073324
• Walsh, Michael J An Illustrated History of the Popes: St Peter to John Paul II, NY: St Martin's Press, 1980 ISBN 9780312408176

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