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ADRIAN IV

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 215 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ADRIAN IV . (See also:Nicholas Breakspear), See also:pope from 1154 to 1159, the only Englishman who has occupied the papal See also:chair, was See also:born before A.D. 1100" at See also:Langley near St Albans in See also:Hertford-See also:shire. His See also:father was See also:Robert, a See also:priest of the See also:diocese of See also:Bath, back his victorious See also:army. See also:Apollodorus iii. 6, 7; See also:Aeschylus, Septem contra Thebas; See also:Euripides, Phoenissae, Supplices; See also:Statius, Thebais; See also:Herodotus v. 67.

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