Adrian I Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Adrian I, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Italy.

3 records772–7873 events2 places

Chronological biography

772

Pope772

Religion / Roman Catholic Church · Pope · Vatican

Appointed Pope

773

Invasion of Rome773

Warfare / Roman Empire-Lombards War · Pope · Vatican

Calls upon Charlemagne to drive back the threatened Lombard invasion of Rome

787

Council of Nicene787

Religion / Roman Catholic Church · Pope · Nicene

Presides over the 2nd Nicene Council which condemns iconoclasts

Titles and roles

Pope

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.