Pope Adrian V

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Pope Adrian V

Pope Adrian V (c. 1205 – August 18, 1276), born Ottobuono de' Fieschi, was Pope

Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City. The current pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005 in Papal conclave, 2005....
in 1276.

buono belonged to a feudal family of Liguria, the Fieschi, Counts of Lavagna.

His first clerical position came in 1243, when he was created a papal chaplain. In December 1251, he was created Cardinal Deacon of San Adriano by his uncle Pope Innocent IV

Pope Innocent IV

Pope Innocent IV, born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was pope from June 28, 1243, to December 7, 1254....
(1243–54).

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Pope Adrian V (c. 1205 – August 18, 1276), born Ottobuono de' Fieschi, was Pope

Pope

Biography

Ottobuono belonged to a feudal family of Liguria, the Fieschi, Counts of Lavagna.

His first clerical position came in 1243, when he was created a papal chaplain. In December 1251, he was created Cardinal Deacon of San Adriano by his uncle Pope Innocent IV

Pope Innocent IV

Pope Innocent IV, born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was pope from June 28, 1243, to December 7, 1254....
(1243–54). He was, in addition, the archdeacon

Archdeacon

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of Parma

Parma

Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its architecture and the fine countryside around it. It is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
and Rheims. The dates are unknown for Parma, but it is known he became Archdeacon of Rheims in 1250. He was also archpriest of the patriarchal Liberian Basilica 1259-1276.

He was sent to England in 1265 by Pope Clement IV

Pope Clement IV

Pope Clement IV , born Gui Faucoi called in later life le Gros , was elected Pope February 5, 1265, in a Papal conclave held at Perugia that took four months, while cardinals argued over whether to call in Charles of Anjou, the youngest brother of Louis IX of France , to carry on the papal war against the last of the house of Hohe...
(1265–68) to mediate between Henry III of England

Henry III of England

Henry III was the son and successor of John of England as King of England, reigning for fifty-six years from 1216 to his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester....
(1216–72) and his barons, and to preach the Crusades

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; he remained there for several years as the papal legate

Papal legate

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, serving from October 1265 to July 1268. His diplomatic position was such that his name is still on the oldest extant piece of English

English law

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statute law, the Statute of Marlborough

Statute of Marlborough

The Statute of Marlborough was a set of laws passed by Henry III of England of England in 1267. There were twenty-nine chapters, of which four are still in force....
of 1267, where the formal title mentions as a witness "the Lord Ottobon, at that time legate in England". (Also on this legation was a young diplomat, the future Boniface VIII

Pope Boniface VIII

Pope Boniface VIII , born Benedetto Caetani, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303....
.) In April 1268 he issued a set of canons, which formed the basis of church law in England until the reformation of the sixteenth century.

Under the influence of Charles of Anjou, he was elected Pope to succeed Innocent V

Pope Innocent V

Pope Innocent V , born Pierre de Tarentaise, was Pope from January 21 to June 22, 1276.He was born around 1225 near Mo?tiers in the Tarentaise region of southeastern France....
on July 12, 1276, but died at Viterbo

Viterbo

Viterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Latium region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 100 kilometers north of Rome on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and Monti Volsini....
on August 18, 1276 without ever having been ordained to the priesthood; he is buried there in the church of S. Francesco. Technically, since Adrian V was never ordained bishop, he never truly became the Bishop of Rome

Bishop of Rome

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, but traditionally he is counted in the papal succession.

He achieved little during his time as Pope; he annulled Pope Gregory X's (1271–76) bull on the holding of papal conclave

Papal conclave

A papal conclave is a meeting of the College of Cardinals to elect the pope, or Bishop of Rome, who is considered by Catholics to be the Apostolic Succession of Saint Peter and earthly head of the Catholic Church....
s, but died before enacting new regulations.

In the Divine Comedy Dante

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meets Adrian's spirit in Purgatory, on the level reserved for the avaricious, where Adrian is atoning for his sin of worldly ambition.