Pope Adrian IV
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Pope Adrian IV was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 4 December 1154 until his death in 1159. He is the only pope to have been born in England and the first pope from an E
St Albans Abbey, now a Cathedral, pictured in 2005
Trondheim Cathedral
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, as depicted in a 12th-century chronicle
Charter of Pope Adrian IV, also beginning Adrianus eps servus servorum dei, dated the Lateran, 30 March 1156. Note the Papal monogram, Bene Valete, bottom-right-hand corner.
Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo XIV is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City.
Pope Adrian IV
…on Adrian. To date, Adrian has been the only pope from England, and was also the only pope from an English-speaking country until the 2025 election of Pope Leo XIV, who was born and raised in the United States. Adrian was one of the few popes of his era who did not need consecrating on his election, as he was…
Prevost in 1977, the same year he entered the Augustinian order
Prevost spent his novitiate at Immaculate Conception Church in St. Louis, Missouri.
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mary, Trujillo. As a young missionary, Prevost served in various roles in the Archdiocese of Trujillo.
St. Thomas School in Hyde Park, Chicago