Adrian V

American  

Or Hadrian V

noun

1. died 1276, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1276.

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Example Sentences

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

From BBC

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.

From Newsweek

Adrian V. Ottoboni, a Genoese, cardinal deacon, elected pope 11th July, 1276, died 1276 190.

From Project Gutenberg

Take as an example, the story of Pope Adrian V., whom Dante finds amongst the avaricious: 'A month and little more I felt the weight with which the Papal mantle presses on his shoulders who would keep it from the mire.

From Project Gutenberg

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