Pope Adrian III
Pope Saint Adrian III | |
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Bishop of Rome | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Papacy began | 17 May 884 |
Papacy ended | 8 July 885 |
Predecessor | Marinus I |
Successor | Stephen V |
Personal details | |
Born | Rome, Papal States |
Died | 8 July 885 Modena, Carolingian Empire |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 8 July |
Venerated in | Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
Canonized | 2 June 1891 Rome, Kingdom of Italy by Leo XIII |
Other popes named Adrian |
Pope Adrian III or Hadrian III (Latin: Adrianus or Hadrianus; died July 885) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 17 May 884 to his death. He served for little more than a year, during which he worked to help the people of Italy in a very troubled time of famine and war.
Background
Adrian III was born in Rome. According to Jean Mabillon, his birth name was Agapitus. Reginald L. Poole believes that Mabillon confused Adrian III, who succeeded Marinus I, with Agapetus II, who succeeded Marinus II a century later.[1]
Pontificate
Adrian laboured hard to alleviate the misery of the people of Italy, prey to famine and to continuous war.[2] He is also known to have written a letter condemning the Christians of both Muslim-ruled and Christian-ruled parts of Spain for being too friendly with the Jews in these lands.[3] Adrian also sent Theodosius, the bishop of Brindisi and Oria, to Constantinople to deliver a synodal letter about faith and the filioque to patriarch Photius I.[4]
Adrian died in July 885 at San Cesario sul Panaro (Modena), not long after embarking on a trip to Worms, in the Rhineland. The purpose of the journey was to attend an Imperial Diet after being summoned by Emperor Charles the Fat to settle the imperial succession[5] and discuss the rising power of the Saracens.
Adrian's death and subsequent burial in the church of San Silvestro Nonantola Abbey near Modena[6] is commemorated in the sculpted reliefs (c. 1122) that frame the doorway of this church. His relics are found near the high altar, and his tomb at once became a popular place of pilgrimage. His cult was confirmed by Pope Leo XIII on 2 June 1891, and his feast day is celebrated on 8 July.[6] Orthodox Feasts dates are 8 and 30 July.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Reginald L. Poole (1917), "The Names and Numbers of Medieval Popes", The English Historical Review, 32 (128), 465–78, at 467.
- ^ "Monks of Ramsgate. "Hadrian III". Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 September 2013".
- ^ Bernard S. Bachrach (1977). Early Medieval Jewish Policy in Western Europe (reprint ed.). University of Minnesota Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780816608140.
- ^ Dvornik, Francis (1948). The Photian Schism. CUP Archive. pp. 228–230. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Richard P. McBrien, Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II, (HarperCollins, 2000), 143.
- ^ a b François Bougard (2002), "Hadrian III", in Philippe Levillain, ed., The Papacy: An Encyclopedia, vol. 2 (New York and London: Routledge), 682.
- ^ "АДРИАН III РИМСКИЙ - Древо". drevo-info.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-05-13.
Further reading
- Dvornik, Francis (1948). The Photian Schism: History and Legend. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
External links
- Opera Omnia Hadriani III by Migne, Patrologia Latina, with analytical indexes (in Latin)
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