Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Adrianeea were certain temples built by Adrian, emperor of Rome, in several towns about A.D. 127. As these temples contained no statues nor any marks of being dedicated to pagan gods, some have imagined that they were built in honor of Jesus Christ, whom Adrian wished to worship, but was dissuaded from it, lest the … Continue reading “Adrianeea”

Adrian VI, Pope Reigned from 9 January 1522 to 14 September 1523 . Born on 2 March 1459 at Utrecht, Nederlands as Adrian Florensz; 14 September 1523 at Rome, Italy. As vice-chancellor of the University of Louvain he advanced arts and sciences. In 1506 he became tutor to Charles V, later Grand Inquisitor, and in … Continue reading “Adrian VI, Pope”

Adrian V, Pope Reigned in 1276 . Born at Genoa , Italy as Ottobuono Fieschi; died on 18 August 1276 in Viterbo, Italy . He was the nephew of Pope Innocent IV . During his reign of six weeks he annulled the rigid enactments of Pope Gregory X concerning conclaves. He is mentioned in Dante’s … Continue reading “Adrian V, Pope”

Adrian Turnebus Born 1512; died 1565. Professor of Greek. Wrote numerous commentaries on the ancient classics. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Adrian, Surnamed Le Chartreux (Carthusianus),. who lived in 1410 at the Chartreuse, near Gertruidenberg, left a work which is often confounded withl a moral treatise by Petrarch, entitled Liber de Remediis Utriusque Fortunce, Prosperace scilicet t Adversne,. per Adrianum, quondam Poetam.. Praestantem, nenon Starce Theologice Professorem (Cologne, without date, about 1470), a very rare work. … Continue reading “Adrian, Surnamed Le Chartreux”

Adrian, ST. (1) was put to death at Rome; in the 3d century, with Sts. Eusebius, Marcellus, Hippolyta, and others, under the reign of the emperor Valerian. There are two saints of this name one commemorated in the Roman martyrology on July 26, the other in the Armenian on Aug. 28-one of which may be … Continue reading “Adrian, ST. (5)”

Adrian of Castello Also called DE CORNETO from his birthplace in Tuscany; an Italian prelate distinguished as a statesman and reviver of learning; born about 1460, died about 1521. In 1488 he was sent by Innocent VIII as nuncio to Scotland, but was recalled when the news of the death of James III reached Rome. … Continue reading “Adrian of Castello”

Adrian of Canterbury, Saint Abbot , born Africa ; died Canterbury , England ; died 710. He was a Benedictine , Abbot of Nerida, near Naples , and went to England , 668 , with Theodore, newly appointed archbishop of Canterbury, having himself refused the see. He became Abbot of Saint Austin’s, Canterbury , and … Continue reading “Adrian of Canterbury, Saint”

Adrian IV, Pope Reigned from 4 December 1154 to 1 September 1159 . Apostle of the North; probably born c.1100 at Abbot’s Langley, Hertfordshire, England as Nicholas Breakspear; died at Anagni , Italy . He went abroad as a wandering scholar, and became an Augustine Canon at Saint Rufus, near Avignon . Later he was … Continue reading “Adrian IV, Pope”

Adrian III, Pope Saint Pope St. Adrian III, of Roman extraction, was elected in the beginning of the year 884, and died near Modena in the summer of the following year, while on his way to the diet summoned by Charles the Fat to determine the succession to the Empire. He was buried in the … Continue reading “Adrian III, Pope Saint”