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ADRIAN V

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 216 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ADRIAN V  . (Ottobuono de' See also:Fieschi), See also:pope in 1276, was a Genoese who was created See also:cardinal See also:deacon by his See also:uncle See also:Innocent IV . In 1264 he was sent to See also:England to mediate between See also:Henry III. and his barons . He was elected pope to succeed Innocent V. on the rrth of See also:July 1276, but died at See also:Viterbo on the 18th of See also:August, without having been ordained even to the priesthood .

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