The Diocese of Albano is a Latin suburbicarian see of the Diocese of Rome in Italy, comprising seven towns in the Province of Rome. Albano Laziale is situated on the Appian Way some 15 kilometres from
Albano Laziale Cathedral
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
Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano
…Pietro (1142–1146) Nicholas Breakspear (1146–1154), afterwards Pope Adrian IV (1154–59) Gualterus (1158–1178…
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.