What papal name was taken by Nicholas Breakspear, the only English Pope?
Pope Adrian IV in Ickenham, near Uxbridge. One of the school houses of St Albans School (Hertfordshire) (founded in 948 AD) was named "Breakspear" until 1996. Pope Adrian IV Pope Adrian IV (; born Nicholas Breakspear; 1 September 1159), also known as Hadrian IV, was Pope from 4 December 1154 to his death in 1159. Adrian IV is the only Briton to have occupied the papal throne. As Pope, he crowned Frederick I Barbarossa, and successfully removed Arnold of Brescia, who had challenged Papal rule of Rome, to become "to all intents and purposes, master of the city". It is believed that he
Papal name Papal name A papal name or pontificial name is the regnal name taken by a pope. Both the head of the Catholic Church, usually known as "the" Pope, and the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (Coptic Pope) choose papal names. , Pope Francis is the Catholic Pope, and Tawadros II or Theodoros II is the Coptic Pope. This article discusses and lists the names of Catholic Popes; another article has a list of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria. While popes in the early centuries retained their birth names after their accession to the papacy, later on popes