Adrian V

Or Hadrian V

noun

1. died 1276, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1276.

Example Sentences

The main defendant, a 28-year-old man identified as Adrian V, will spend 14 years in prison.

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Three other men received terms of between 10 and 12 years, while Adrian V's mother was sentenced to five years for aiding and abetting the abuse.

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One of the victims of Adrian V's abuse was his partner's son, now aged 11.

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Adrian V was found guilty of 29 counts of abuse.

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And so on and so on, until the College of Cardinals, the body charged with electing new popes, in 1978 chose a Pole, Karol Józef Wojtyła, who became John Paul II. He was the first non-Italian to hold the office since the 16th century—Pope Adrian V, a Dutchman.

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