Adrian IV

American  

Or Hadrian IV

noun

1. Nicholas Breakspear, c1100–59, only Englishman to become pope, 1154–59.

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Adrian IV British  

noun

1. original name Nicholas Breakspear. ?1100–59, the only English pope (1154–59)

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Adrian IV

Ironically, that ambition was sanctioned in 1155, when Pope Adrian IV gave sovereignty over Ireland to England's King Henry II.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the first time since Pope Adrian IV, 795 years ago, gave the island to England's King Henry II, Ireland was independent in law as well as fact.

From Time Magazine Archive

From this oath Henry was absolved by Adrian IV, properly Nicholas Brakespeare, the only English Pope, and stripped his brother of all his possessions.

From Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II by Charlotte Mary Yonge

Next beyond Boniface is the tomb of Adrian IV.

From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare

To him it was that Pope Adrian IV.

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jean Jules Jusserand