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    Pope Adrian IV (Latin: Adrianus IV; born Nicholas Breakspear (or Brekespear); c. 1100 – 1 September 1159, also Hadrian IV) was head of the Catholic Church...
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    Hadrian (/ˈheɪdriən/, HAY-dree-ən; Latin: Publius Aelius Hadrianus [(h)adriˈjaːnus]; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian...
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    in 138, Hadrian adopted Marcus's uncle Antoninus Pius as his new heir. In turn, Antoninus adopted Marcus and Lucius, the son of Aelius. Hadrian died that...
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    and since the only previous English Pope was Adrian (or Hadrian) IV, he takes the name Hadrian VII. The novel develops with this unconventional, chain-smoking...
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    cardinals, created thirty-one cardinals over three years, the most since Hadrian IV. He died 20 March 1191 and was quickly replaced by Celestine III. Paolo...
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    antiquarian writing in the 17th century, Sigfrid was canonized by Pope Hadrian IV c. 1158. His feast day is 15 February. Sigfrid is remembered in the Church...
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    138, he was adopted by Antoninus Pius, who was himself adopted by Hadrian. Hadrian died later that year, and Antoninus Pius succeeded to the throne. Antoninus...
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    Eugene III and his representative Nicholas Brakespear (the future Pope Hadrian IV), the siege received the aid of crusaders from multiple nationalities...
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  • Delbrűck, 230. Arnold, 66. Arnold, 54. Freed, NB 49 n 81. Freed, NB 67. Pope Hadrian IV (c. 1100-1159) reinforced this ruling. Salzburger Urkundenbuch 3:171,...
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  • Pope Adrian (redirect from Pope Hadrian)
    Pope Adrian or Pope Hadrian may refer to: Pope Adrian I (772–795) Pope Adrian II (867–872) Pope Adrian III (884–885) Pope Adrian IV (1154–1159) Pope Adrian...
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    held various offices during the reign of Emperor Hadrian. He married Hadrian's niece Faustina, and Hadrian adopted him as his son and successor shortly before...
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    occupied since 1157 by the papal palace built under the reign of Pope Hadrian IV. The original Palazzo del Capitano was a single ground-floor loggia that...
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    the Twenty-Eighth Document, in which Pope Gregory XVII admits that Pope Hadrian IV had granted Ireland to England as an evangelising power, but the moment...
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  • Apollinaris c. 430 481/490 Sigfrid of Sweden 1000s 1100s c. 1158 by Pope Hadrian IV Sigismund of Burgundy 400s 524 found in Roman Martyrology Silas 0's 65–100...
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    suffragans accuse the Hospitallers of abusing their privileges, but Pope Hadrian IV does not condemn the knights. 1156 June. The truce is renewed for a year...
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    decima tax, and charges of calumny. Ardicio was named a cardinal by Pope Hadrian IV on 21 December 1156. His earliest signature as a cardinal on a papal document...
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    Akhenaten (redirect from Amenhotep IV)
    reign, he was known as Amenhotep IV (Ancient Egyptian: jmn-ḥtp, meaning "Amun is satisfied", Hellenized as Amenophis IV). As a pharaoh, Akhenaten is noted...
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  • contributed series of popes – Honorius II, Innocent II, Lucius II, as well as Hadrian IV shortly after mid-century and finally Gregory VIII in the second half...
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    Frederick supported him and returned to Rome to appeal to Hadrian IV. Frederick won Hadrian's blessing for the new patriarch, "by the use of lavish gifts...
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    ancient world, but it was not completed until the reign of Roman Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD, some 638 years after the project had begun. During...
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    Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996)  United States: Hadrian Award, World Monuments Fund (1996)  United States: Vincent Scully Prize...
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    future Emperor Hadrian brought word to Trajan of his adoption. Trajan retained Hadrian on the Rhine frontier as a military tribune, and Hadrian thus became...
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    twenty years later was attached to the Cistercian Order by decree of Pope Hadrian IV, where it remained until the French Revolution when monasteries in France...
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    takes the name Hadrian VII and embarks upon a programme of ecclesiastical and geopolitical reform; the only English pope was Hadrian IV, and the last non-Italian...
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    from a Silesian word meaning "wet swampy place". In a papal bull from Hadrian IV in 1155, the river is called the Selenza. The names of the Ślęza and Mount...
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    the visit in 130 CE of Hadrian to the ruins of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. At first sympathetic towards the Jews, Hadrian promised to rebuild the...
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    Thutmose IV (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis IV, Thothmes in older history works in Latinized Greek; Ancient Egyptian: ḏḥwti.msi(.w) "Thoth is...
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    Wales, prince regent, and future George IV in 1785. The British Constitution, however, did not accept it and George IV later moved on. Cast aside by the establishment...
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  • all European countries", Donal Hickey, Irish Examiner, 28 March 2016 Hadrian IV (1154-1159) and the "bull" Laudabiliter: a historiographical review, By...
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  • Pope Adrian II (redirect from Hadrian II)
    Pope Adrian II (Latin: Adrianus II; also Hadrian II; 792 – 14 December 872) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 867 to his death...
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