Pope Adrian III

Saint Hadrian of Rome
Saint Hadrian of Rome
Pope of Rome
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church

Papal styles of
**Pope Adrian III**
Papal styles of; Pope Adrian III
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Holy Father
Posthumous style	Saint

Pope Saint

Adrian III
Pope Saint; Adrian III
Papacy began	17 May 884
Papacy ended	July 885
Predecessor	Marinus I
Successor	Stephen V
Personal details
Born	???; ???; Rome, Papal States
Died	July 885; Modena, Carolingian Empire
	Other popes named Adrian

Pope Adrian III (Template:Lang-la; died July 885), was Pope from 17 May 884 to his death in 885.^[1] He was born at Rome. He died in July 885 at San Cesario sul Panaro (Modena) not long after embarking on a trip to Worms, in modern Germany. The purpose the journey was to attend an Imperial Diet after being summoned by the Frankish King Charles III, the Fat, to settle the succession to the Holy Roman Empire^[2] and discuss the rising power of the Saracens.

His cult was confirmed in 1891, and his feast day is 8 July.^[3]

His death and subsequent burial in the church of San Silvestro Nonantola Abbey near Modena^[4] is commemorated in the sculpted reliefs (c. 1122) that frame the doorway of this church. His relics are found near the high altar here.

References

^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pope St. Adrian III" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^ Richard P. McBrien, Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II, (HarperCollins, 2000), 143.
^ Hadrian III, Francois Bougard, The Papacy: An Encyclopedia, Vol.2, ed. Philippe Levillain, (Routledge, 2002), 682
^ Hadrian III, Francois Bougard, The Papacy: An Encyclopedia, Vol.2, 682.