RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Adrian III

800 - 885

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Pope Adrian III or Hadrian III (Latin: Adrianus or Hadrianus; died 8 July 885) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 17 May 884 to his death on 8 July 885. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Adrian III is the 386th most popular religious figure (down from 277th in 2019), the 415th most popular biography from Italy (down from 306th in 2019) and the 187th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Adrian III is most famous for being the pope who excommunicated the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Adrian III ranks 386 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Nicholas IV, Pope Boniface IV, Fethullah Gülen, Twosret, Pope Boniface III, and Pope Leo VII. After him are Pope Zosimus, Pope Fabian, Jacques de Molay, Joan Enric Vives Sicília, Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, and Pope Pelagius II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800, Pope Adrian III ranks 4. Before him are Ecgberht, King of Wessex, Pope Boniface VI, and Björn Ironside. After him are Pope Sergius II, Pope Nicholas I, Fatima al-Fihri, Offa of Mercia, Sigurd Ring, Piast the Wheelwright, Antipope Philip, and Ælla of Northumbria. Among people deceased in 885, Pope Adrian III ranks 1. After him are Liutgard of Saxony, Godfrid, Duke of Frisia, and Diego Rodríguez Porcelos.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Adrian III ranks 415 out of 5,161. Before him are Enrico Dandolo (1107), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Pope Boniface IV (550), Pope Boniface III (540), and Pope Leo VII (900). After him are Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655), Pope Zosimus (400), Pope Fabian (200), Fabio Capello (1946), Lisa del Giocondo (1479), and Lucius Caesar (-17).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Adrian III ranks 187. Before him are Pope Theodore II (840), Pope Celestine II (1100), Pope Nicholas IV (1227), Pope Boniface IV (550), Pope Boniface III (540), and Pope Leo VII (900). After him are Pope Zosimus (400), Pope Fabian (200), Pope Pelagius II (520), Pope Anastasius IV (1073), Pope Urban I (222), and Pope Lando (900).

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