# Pope Adrian IV - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-adrian-iv
Pontificate: 4 December 1154 – 1 September 1159
Number in the papal list: 169
Born-Died: c. 1100 - 1159
Papal era: Gregorian Reform
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Adrian_IV

Subject of the Kingdom of England. The only English (Anglo-Saxon) pope; purportedly granted Ireland to King Henry II of England.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Anastasius IV](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-anastasius-iv)
- Next in list: [Pope Alexander III](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-alexander-iii)