Adrian IV

Holy See list

Number

169

Regnal name

Adrien IV · Adrian IV

Birth name

Nicholas Breakspear

Place stated for birth

Abbot's Lagnley (Hertfordshire)

Century stated

12

Beginning of the pontificate

4,5.XII.1154

End of the pontificate

1.IX.1159

No biography is added. The Holy See does not give a birth date here, and the end of the pontificate is not turned into a date of death.

Source

Holy See, Pontiffs · consulted on 2026-09-28