Adrian III

or Hadrian III

noun

1. Saint, Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 884–885.

Example Sentences

Adrian III. a Roman, installed in 884, died in Sept.

From Project Gutenberg

Adrian III., who then filled the papal chair, was by birth an Englishman; and being on that account the more disposed to oblige Henry, he was easily persuaded to act as master of the world, and to make, without any hazard or expense, the acquisition of a great island to his spiritual jurisdiction.

From Project Gutenberg

Brower, Adrian, iii, 182; his Escape from a Cruel Master, iii, 183; Brower, the Duke d'Aremberg, and Rubens, iii, 184; his Death, iii, 184; his Works, iii, 185.

From Project Gutenberg

Adrian III., who then filled the papal chair, was by birth an Englishman; and being, on that account, the more disposed to oblige Henry, he was easily persuaded to act as master of the world, and to make, without any hazard or expense, the acquisition of a great island to his spiritual jurisdiction.

From Project Gutenberg