Pope Adrian III


Adrian III
Bishop of Rome
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy began17 May 884
Papacy ended8 July 885
PredecessorMarinus I
SuccessorStephen V
Personal details
Born
Died8 July 885
Modena, Carolingian Empire
Sainthood
Feast day8 July
Venerated inCatholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized2 June 1891
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
by Leo XIII
Other popes named Adrian

Pope Adrian III or Hadrian III (Latin: Adrianus or Hadrianus; died July 885) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 17 May 884 to his death. He served for little more than a year, during which he worked to help the people of Italy in a very troubled time of famine and war.