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Adrian V

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Or Hadrian V

noun

  1. died 1276, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1276.


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

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2021

As Dante and Virgil ascend, they meet famous figures of the Middle Ages engaged in the agonies of atonement�among them Pope Adrian V, King Philip the Fair, the poets Guido Guinizelli and Arnaut Daniel.

From Time Magazine Archive

The successor of Peter Ottobuono, of the family of Fieschi Counts of Lavagna, died thirty-nine days after he became Pope, with the title of Adrian V, in 1276. v.

From Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete by Cary, Henry Francis