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Soon after his accession, the territory ruled by the popes was invaded by Desiderius, king of the Lombards, and Adrian found it necessary to invoke the aid of the Frankish king Charlemagne, who entered
Italy with a large army, besieged Desiderius in his capital of Pavia, took that town, banished the Lombard king to Corbie in France and, in an innovative gesture, took the title 'King of the Lombards' himself. The pope, whose expectations had been aroused, had to content himself with some additions to the duchy of Rome, and to the Exarchate of Ravenna, and the Pentapolis in the Marches, which consisted of the "five cities" on Adriatic coast from Rimini to AnconaAncona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of northeastern Italy, population 100,507 (2001). Ancona is situated on the Adriatic Sea and is the center of an eponymous province. The city is located 132 miles northeast of Rome and 127 miles south with the coastal plain as far as the mountains.In his contest with the Eastern Roman Empire and the Lombard dukes of BeneventoBenevento is a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 32 miles northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill 400 ft. above sea-level at the confluence of the Calore and Sabbato. Estimated population in 1997 w, Adrian remained faithful to the Frankish alliance, and the friendly relations between pope and king were not disturbed by the difference which arose between them on the question of the veneration of images, to which Charlemagne and the bishops in Francia were strongly opposed, while Adrian favoured the views of the Eastern Church, and approved the decree of the second council of Nicaea ( 787Events Second Council of Nicaea ends the first iconoclastic period in the Byzantine Empire Canual succeeds Talorgen as king of the Picts. the first three Viking ships landed in Wessex/England and the Norsemen started to plunder towns and coastal monasteri), confirming the practice and excommunicating the iconoclastsLiterally, iconoclasm is the destruction of religious icons and other sacred images or monuments, usually for religious or political motives. People who engage in such practices are called iconoclasts a term that has come to be applied to any person who b. It was in connection with this controversy that the Libri Carolini were written, to which Adrian replied by letter, anathematizing all who refused to venerate the images of Jesus Christ, or the Virgin Mary, or saints. Notwithstanding this, a synod, held at Frankfort in 794, anew condemned the practice, and the dispute remained unsettled at Adrian's death.
An epitaph written by Charlemagne in verse, in which he styles Adrian "father," is still to be seen at the door of the Vatican basilica. Adrian restored some of the ancient aqueducts of Rome.
| Preceded by Stephen IV | Pope ( list) | Succeeded by Saint Leo III |
Text from 1911 encyclopedia, since edited
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