The
life and
sanctity of Pope
St. Adrian III remains obscure. He was born in
Rome and was elected to the papacy in 884. During his brief reign of sixteen months, violent vendettas that arose from the assassination of
John VIII continued. George of the Avertine, a
priest whom
John had exiled and whom Marinus I had allowed to return to Rome, was blinded, possibly by order of Adrian III. In the summer of 885, Charles the Fat of the Holy Roman Empire convoked the Diet of Worms to insure the succession of his illegitimate son, Bernard.
Adrian III died, en route to Worms, at the
Abbey of Nonantola, where he was buried. He was canonized in 1891.
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