# Pope Adrian I - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-adrian-i
Pontificate: 1 February 772 – 26 December 795
Number in the papal list: 95
Born-Died: c. 700 - 795
Papal era: Frankish Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Adrian_I

(Eastern) Roman citizen, later the sovereign of the independent Papal States. Was of Roman ethnicity.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Stephen III](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-stephen-iii)
- Next in list: [Pope Leo III](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-leo-iii)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 781 - [Nestorian Stele](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/781-nestorian-stele)
- 787 - [Second Council of Nicaea](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/787-second-council-of-nicaea)
- 793 - [Viking raid on Lindisfarne](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/793-viking-raid-on-lindisfarne)