Pope Adrian V
(OTTOBUONO FIESCHI).
A Genoese, and nephew of Innocent IV. He was elected at Viterbo 12 July
1276. As Cardinal Fieschi, he had laboured to restore harmony in England
between Henry III and the rebellious barons. He annulled the rigid enactments
of Gregory X relating to the papal conclaves, but died before substituting
milder ones, 18 August. He lived just long enough to experience "how great
the mantle weighs." Dante (Purg., c. xix) held an interesting conversation
with him in Purgatory.
Liber Pontif. (ed. DUCHESNE I, 457; Raynaldus, Ann eccl.
ad an., 1276; 26, 27; MURATORI, SS. Rer. Ital., III, 605; ARTAUD DE MONTOR,
Lives and Times of The Roman Pontiffs (tr. New York, 1867), I, 454.
JAMES F. LOUGHLIN
From the Catholic Encyclopedia, copyright © 1913
by the Encyclopedia Press, Inc. Electronic version copyright © 1998
by New Advent, Inc.
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