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- Title
Death of Pope Adrian IV.
- Abstract
According to one report, Adrian IV died after choking on a fly in his wine, but quinsy (an inflammation of the tonsils) is the more commonly accepted explanation. Nicholas Breakspear was the only Englishman ever to occupy the chair of St Peter, elected in December 1154. He was mainly preoccupied with preserving papal authority against both Frederick Barbarossa, whom he crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1155, and the Norman king of Sicily.
- Subjects
ADRIAN IV, Pope, d. 1159; POPES; CHURCH history; CATHOLIC Church government; FREDERICK I, Holy Roman Emperor, ca. 1123-1190; MEDIEVAL church, 600-1500; PAPACY -- History -- To 1309; TWELFTH century
- Publication
History Today, 2009, Vol 59, Issue 9, p11
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article