2007-01-03 21:32:23 · 5 answers · asked by Timo L 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Pope Adrian IV. Adrian IV is the only Englishman who has occupied the papal chair.
2007-01-03 21:34:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Only one Englishman has ever been pope. That was Nicholas Breakspear, known to history as Adrian IV. He ascended the papal throne on this day, December 4, 1154. His reign was challenged by such serious difficulties that he wished aloud to his friend John of Salisbury that he had never left England.
Adrian was the only Englishman to become pope and he said he wished he'd stayed in England.
Nicholas was born around 1100 and reared near the burg of St. Albans in Hertfordshire, England. He asked to be admitted to the famous abbey near his birthplace, but was turned away because of his skimpy education. Around 1125, he attended Merton Priory. A Saxon, he stood little chance of advancement in Norman-controlled England, and so he sailed to France to study in Arles.
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2007-01-04 05:39:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nicholas Breakspeare became Pope Adrian IV in 1154. he died in 1159.
2007-01-04 05:41:07 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know Don't care. just another screwball anyway.
2007-01-04 05:36:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't know, sorry.
2007-01-04 05:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋