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Adrian IV
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Nicholas Breakspear, Can.Reg.
168th Successor of St Peter · 1154–1159 · England · b. Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, Kingdom of England
1154
Elected
1159
Reign ended
5 years
Length
12th
Century
The Life
Subject of the Kingdom of England. The only English (Anglo-Saxon) pope; purportedly granted Ireland to King Henry II of England. Canon Regular of Saint-Ruf monastery.
Portrait: Unknown medieval illustrator / Wikimedia Commons