Birthdate:
Hadrian II also known as Adrian II was born in 792 in Rome, Italy.
Death:
Hadrian died in late 972.
Background:
He came from an aristocratic family.
Occupation:
Cardinal priest.
Marriage:
Hadrian had married Stephania and had a daughter before he became a priest. His wife and daughter were still living when he was selected to be pope and resided with him in the Lateran Palace.
Children:
One daughter, who was carried off, raped, and murdered by former antipope Anastasius's brother, Eleutherius. Her mother was also killed by Eleutherius. He stabbed them both to death.
Selected 107th Pope:
December 14, 867
