ADRIAN

ADRIAN is the name of not less than six popes.

ADRIAN I., from 772 to 795, did much to embellish Rome;
ADRIAN. II., from 867 to 872, zealous to subject the sovereigns of Europe to the Popehood;
ADRIAN. III., from 884 to 885;
ADRIAN. IV., from 1054 to 1059, the only Englishman who attained to the Papal dignity; and
ADRIAN. V., in 1276; A. VI., from 1222 to 1223.