Feast July 8
Saint Adrian III
Pope · Feast July 8
Biography
Pope Adrian III or Hadrian III was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from 17 May 884 to his death on 8 July 885. 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.
Feast day
July 8
Death date
8 July 885
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
2 June 1891
Canonized by
Leo XIII
Feast month
7
Wikidata qid
Q172398
Feast day of month
8