Pope Adrian IV

head of the Catholic Church

1100 CE to 1159 CE

Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100 – 1 September 1159), born Nicholas Breakspear or Breakspeare, is Pope from 1154 to 1159.

Adrian IV has been the only Englishman so far to occupy the papal chair.

It is generally believed that Nicholas Breakspear was born at Breakspear Farm in the parish of Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire and received his early education at the Abbey School, St Albans (St Albans School).

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