RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Adrian III

800 - 885

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Pope Adrian III or Hadrian III (Latin: Adrianus or Hadrianus; died July 885) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 17 May 884 to his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Adrian III has received more than 163,463 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Pope Adrian III is the 277th most popular religious figure (up from 385th in 2019), the 306th most popular biography from Italy (up from 457th in 2019) and the 127th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Adrian III is most famous for being the pope who excommunicated the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV.

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  • 72.05

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  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 25.64

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  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Adrian III ranks 277 out of 3,187Before him are Ezra, Pope Adrian V, Eusebius, Pope Pius I, Pope Paschal I, and Pope Gelasius I. After him are Pope Benedict I, Judas Maccabeus, Brigham Young, Philip Melanchthon, Saint Veronica, and Vincent de Paul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800, Pope Adrian III ranks 2Before him is Björn Ironside. After him are Pope Nicholas I, Pope Sergius II, Pope Boniface VI, Ecgberht, King of Wessex, Ælla of Northumbria, Fatima al-Fihri, Thomas the Slav, Al-Muqanna, Offa of Mercia, and Pribina. Among people deceased in 885, Pope Adrian III ranks 1After him are Liutgard of Saxony, Godfrid, Duke of Frisia, and Diego Rodríguez Porcelos.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Adrian III ranks 306 out of 5,161Before him are Carlo Goldoni (1707), Michelangelo Antonioni (1912), Pope Pius I (90), Pope Paschal I (775), Paolo Uccello (1475), and Pope Gelasius I (410). After him are Pope Benedict I (525), Torquato Tasso (1544), Charles IV of Spain (1748), Maxentius (278), Marsilio Ficino (1433), and Catiline (-109).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Adrian III ranks 127Before him are Pope Damasus I (305), Pope John X (860), Pope Adrian V (1205), Pope Pius I (90), Pope Paschal I (775), and Pope Gelasius I (410). After him are Pope Benedict I (525), Pope Cornelius (200), Pope John XII (937), Pope Paschal II (1050), Pope Alexander I (100), and Charles Borromeo (1538).