 Popes from the civil government. In 1153 Eugenius died, and was succeeded by Anastasius IV.; and a year after, Nicholas Breakspeare, the only Englishman who ever sat in the chair of St. Peter, became Pope under the name of Adrian IV. Seizing upon the...  The English Cyclopaedia - Page 135edited by - 1866Full view - About this book
 | C. St. George - Great Britain - 1830 - 478 pages
...was siirnalized by the succession of Nicholas Breakspear to the throne of the Vatican. This prelate, the only Englishman who ever sat in the chair of St. Peter, was the son of Robert Chambers, an obscure clerk, and had been rejected by the abbot of St. Alban's,... | |
 | 1833 - 540 pages
...at that time. The abbot possessed also many privileges, and had a grant of precedence over all other abbots, from Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare),...Englishman who ever sat in the chair of St. Peter. The population of the borough, according to the census of 1831, was 4772 ; but if the parts of St. Michael's... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1833 - 1094 pages
...at that time. The abbot possessed also many privileges, and had a grant of precedence over all other abbots, from Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare), the only Englishman who ever sat in the chair ot St. Peter. The population, according to the census of 1851, was 7000. The Borough of St. Alban's,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1871 - 878 pages
...the civil government. In 1153 Eugenius died, and was succeeded by Anastasius IV.; and a year after, Nicholas Breakspeare, the only Englishman who ever sat in the chair of St. Peter, became Pope under the name of Adrian IV. Seizing upon the disaffection of the people as a pretext,... | |
 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 582 pages
...on the other. The gross revenue of the abbey at the dissolution is estimated to have been 25101. — a large income at that time. The abbot was mitred,...education better adapted to the times, and is now a nourishing school. It is freo to none : boys residing in the town pay one-third less than others. The... | |
 | 1871 - 846 pages
...the civil government. In 1153 Eugenius died, and was succeeded by Anastasius IV.; and a year after, Nicholas Breakspeare, the only Englishman who ever sat in the chair of St. Peter, became Pope under the name of Adrian IV. Seizing upon the disaffection of the people as a pretext,... | |
 | William Wetmore Story - Castel Sant'Angelo (Rome, Italy) - 1877 - 280 pages
...the civil government. In 1153 Eugenius died, and was succeeded by Anastasius IV. ; and a year after, Nicholas Breakspeare, the only Englishman who ever sat in the chair of St. Peter, became Pope under the name of Adrian IV. Seizing upon the disaffection of the people as a pretext,... | |
 | Popular educator - 1880 - 852 pages
...lain aside. Eleven years before — that U to say, in 1155 — he had obtained from Pope Adrian IV. (the only Englishman who ever sat in the chair of St. Peter) a Papal bull, granting him the lordship of Ireland with full possession of the country, the Pope claiming,... | |
 | PROFESSOR W. G. BLAIKIE, D.D. - 1883 - 554 pages
...similar course of things took place there. Pope Adrian IV., known to England as Nicholas Breakspere, the only Englishman who ever sat in the chair of St. Peter, issued a bull in 1155, giving the kingdom of Ireland to Henry II. of England. This is a remarkable... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - Church history - 1886 - 472 pages
...aloof, but did not at once make up their minds to resistance. Pope Adrian IV. (1154—1159), — he was the only Englishman who ever sat in the Chair of St. Peter, — accepted with the best grace he could a visit which he was unable to avert, and set the Golden... | |
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