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	Pope Adrian IV
		Nicholas went to Paris and finally became a monk of the cloister of St.
		From 1152 to 1154 Nicholas was in Scandinavia as papal legate[?], organizing the affairs of the new Norwegian archbishopric of Trondheim, and making arrangements which resulted in the recognition of Uppsala as seat of the Swedish metropolitan in 1164.
		On his return Nicholas was received with great honour by Pope Anastasius IV, and on the death of the latter was elected pope on December 4, 1154.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/po/Pope_Adrian_IV.html (601 words)

	Kebbell Homes - Breakspear Place
		Nicholas Breakspear was born in the year 1100, at Bedmond Farm in the parish of Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire.
		Breakspear House was built in the 1750's by a Sir John Cope Freeman as Langley House.
		In 1986, Breakspear College was sold and became the Breakspear Hospital, a specialist allergy clinic and a centre for environmental medicine.
	www.kebbell.co.uk /Breakspear/history.html (351 words)

	Adrian IV - LoveToKnow 1911
		Nicholas went to Paris and finally became a monk of the cloister of St Rufus near Arles.
		From 1152 to 1154 Nicholas was in Scandinavia as legate, organizing the affairs of the new Norwegian archbishopric of Trondhjern, and making arrangements which resulted in the recognition of Upsala as seat of the Swedish metropolitan in 1164.
		On his return Nicholas was received with great honour by Anastasius IV., and on the death of the latter was elected pope on the 4th of December 1154.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Adrian_IV (652 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for nicholas
		Nicholas I NICHOLAS I [Nicholas I] 1796-1855, czar of Russia (1825-55), third son of Paul I.
		Nicholas NICHOLAS [Nicholas] (Nikolai Nikolayevich), 1856-1929, Russian grand duke and army officer; first cousin of Czar Alexander III and grandson of Czar Nicholas I. He served in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.
		Nicholas of Cusa NICHOLAS OF CUSA [Nicholas of Cusa] (Nicolaus Cusanus), 1401?-1464, German humanist, scientist, statesman, and philosopher, from 1448 cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=nicholas&StartAt=31 (677 words)

	The English Pope by George F. Tull
		His son Nicholas Breakspear was born c.1100 in what was then the hamlet of Bedmond, in the parish of Abbots Langley and the Cashio Hundred of Hertfordshire.
		William of Newburgh (1136-1208) told how Nicholas "was lifted, as it were, from the dust, to sit in the midst of princes and to occupy the throne of apostolical glory".
		Cardinal Breakspear was sent by Pope Eugenius as his legate to Scandinavia, to negotiate an ecclesiastical reorganisation of the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, no light matter in those troubled times.
	www.churchinhistory.org /pages/leaflets/englishpope.htm (1941 words)

	Spero News: Adrian IV: The English pope Nicholas Breakspear
		Young Breakspear for some years received the alms (the original 'dole') that were given to the local poor at the Abbey gatehouse.
		Moreover it is not unreasonable to infer that Nicholas was at the Council of Rheims in March 1148 and that Pope Eugenius (who called the Council) might have had a word with him concerning the situation in Catalonia and the continuing Muslim occupation of former centres of Chrisitianity.
		Nicholas was there in his capacity as abbot because there was a sizeable, but threatened, presence of the Saint-Ruf Order in Catalonia, and Nicholas wished to extend and strengthen this presence.
	www.speroforum.com /site/print.asp?idarticle=3011 (2959 words)

	Copernicus Nicholas: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		Nicholas was responding in part to...of the seventeenth century, Nicholas offers a resolution to the...
		This theory held sway until 1543, when Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus rocked the educated world by positing that the sun was in fact the center of the universe.
		Frombork, where the astronomer Nicholas Copernicus had lived for much of his life, was attacked by Swedish...and stole its valuable treasures, and even took the Copernicus collection from the library.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/copernicus-nicholas.jsp?l=C&p=8 (1426 words)

	Pope Adrian IV
		Adrian IV, born Nicholas Breakspear, Roman Catholic Pope from 1154 to 1159, the only Englishman who has occupied the papal chair, was born before AD 1100 at Langley near St. Albans in Hertfordshire.
		From 1152 to 1154 Nicholas was in Scandinavia as legate, organizing the affairs of the new Norwegian archbishopric of Trondhjem, and making arrangements which resulted in the recognition of Uppsala as seat of the Swedish metropolitan in 1164.
		On his return Nicholas was received with great honor by Anastasius IV, and on the death of the latter was elected pope on the 4th of December 1154.
	www.nndb.com /people/543/000097252 (604 words)

	Nicholas Breakspear. Pope Adrian IV. The only English pope
		Nicholas Breakspear, as was his original name, was the only Englishman to become pope.
		Breakspear was the son of a priest, an unusual but not bizarre parentage in the days of an unmarried clergy.
		Unperturbed by this refusal, Breakspear left for France where he became a monk in the cloister of St Rufus, near Arles, and progressed through the ranks of the friary being elected abbot in 1137.
	www.wardsbookofdays.com /1september.htm (452 words)

	Heritage Group
		There is a local tradition that Nicholas Breakspear, who became the only English Pope as Adrian IV (1154 -1159) came from Harefield.
		Breakspear House is a Grade I Listed Building and one of only 16,000 such listed buildings in the whole of the United Kingdom.
		The house has had many notable owners and for a short period at the end of the 19th century was tenanted by WS Gilbert, the librettist, who threw annual children's parties and firework displays in the house and grounds.
	www.heritagegroup.co.uk /residential_developments_breakspear_house.html (167 words)

	Catholic-Pages.com \| Discussion Forum
		From: http://www.seattlecatholic.com/a060322.html Pope Adrian IV by Alan Frost "Pope Adrian IV, The only English pope was born Nicholas Breakspear, c.1100, near St. Alban's, and rose from impoverished obscurity and monastic rejection to Papal Office" A curious thing that you notice quickly about the only English pope is a trio of 'firsts'.
		Nicholas Breakspear was the first English pope, was born near the place of execution of the first English martyr, and he took his name from Pope Adrian the First.
		We do not know the exact date Nicholas Breakspear was born, but there is general agreement it was in 1100.
	www.catholic-pages.com /forum/post.asp?method=TopicQuote&topic_id=8968&forum_id=21 (4467 words)

	Briefing
		Nicholas was born around 1100 of humble stock in Abbot’s Langley in Hertfordshire.
		His father, Robert Breakspear, had taken minor orders at the nearby monastery of St Albans and, as boys usually received their education at the local monastery, Nicholas was admitted there.
		In about 1125 the young Nicholas Breakspear went south to enter the novitiate at the house of the Canons Regular of St Rufus at Avignon.
	www.catholic-ew.org.uk /briefing/0411/041111.htm (369 words)

	Cathedral & Abbey Church of St Alban - The Fraternity of The Friends of Saint Albans Abbey - Nicholas Breakspear
		Nicholas Breakspear was born very early in the 12th century, perhaps in 1100 exactly.
		Nicholas, left to himself and compelled to do something by hard necessity, crossed over to France and began his long and arduous journey to greatness.
		Nicholas set about bringing in reforms resulting in complaints from rather lax religious, to the extent that the Canons petitioned Pope Eugenius III for his deposition.
	www.stalbanscathedral.org.uk /societies/adrian-iv.htm (2201 words)

	Biography of Adrian IV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It is generally believed that he was born at Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire and to have received his early education at the Abbey School, St Albans (now St Albans School).
		His father was Robert, a priest of the diocese of Bath, who became a monk at St Albans.
		Nicholas himself, however, was refused admission to the monastery, being told by the Abbot to 'wait to go on with his schooling so that he might be considered more suitable' (Abbey chronicles).
	biography-1.qardinalinfo.com /a/Adrian_IV.html (505 words)

	Adrian IV Biography
		It is generally believed that he was born at Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire and to have received his early education at the Abbey School St Albans (now St Albans School).
		Nicholas himself however was refused admission to the monastery being told by the Abbot to 'wait to go on with his schooling so that he might be considered more suitable' (Abbey chronicles).
		The breach subsequently became wider, and Adrian was about to excommunicate the emperor when he died at Anagni on September 1, 1159.
	www.ebiog.com /biography/133/adrian-iv/bio.htm (503 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for nicholas
		Staël, Nicholas de STAËL, NICHOLAS DE [Staël, Nicholas de], 1914-55, French painter, b.
		Hilliard, Nicholas HILLIARD, NICHOLAS [Hilliard, Nicholas] 1537-1619, English miniature painter, son of a goldsmith.
		Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen WISEMAN, NICHOLAS PATRICK STEPHEN [Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen] 1802-65, English prelate, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, b.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=nicholas&StartAt=31 (594 words)

	Homily at St Alban's Abbey for the 850th anniversary of election of Nicholas Breakspear as Pope Adrian IV \| Roman ...
		Nicholas Breakspear exemplifies, perhaps, the best of that age because he travelled all over Europe and was at home wherever he went.
		Nicholas Breakspear travelled a long way in his life, but he persevered, and his virtues were essentially English ones.
		Perhaps I could end with the words of the Psalm that we have recited today, with its slight allusion to Nicholas Breakspear, He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; be still and know that I am God.
	www.rcdow.org.uk /cardinal/default.asp?content_ref=297 (1858 words)

	December 4: Adrian IV the English pope
		That was Nicholas Breakspear, known to history as Adrian IV.
		Nicholas was born around 1100 and reared near the burg of St. Albans in Hertfordshire, England.
		For when Nicholas visited the monastery of St. Rufus near Avignon, he was asked to stay, and in due course became its abbot.
	chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2001/12/daily-12-04-2001.shtml (671 words)

	BJSPRO1d
		Since Nicholas Breakspear served at the Abbey of St Albans, the City of St. Albans was asked for permission to adopt its badge and flag, and this was subsequently granted.
		Breakspear Junior School becomes involved in Borough activities and initiative wherever possible, and all Year 5 and 6 children are invited to take part in the annual Maths Challenge.
		Breakspear Junior School is committed to providing all pupils with the appropriate ICT skills, knowledge and understanding that will enable them to extend their learning across the whole curriculum and to recognise it’s potential and influence on society.
	www.breakspear.hillingdon.sch.uk /BJSPRO1d.htm (10038 words)

	BBC - Beds, Herts and Bucks Faith - Pilgrimage for my father
		Nicholas Breakspear was born in 1100, at Bedmond Farm in the parish of Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire.
		This pilgrimage had been arranged for the Governors, teachers, and parents of pupils of Nicholas Breakspear School to coincide with its 40th Anniversary, and the itinerary was very inviting.
		And perhaps, all the children from Nicholas Breakspear School, on whose behalf we made this pilgrimage.
	www.bbc.co.uk /threecounties/faith/2004/02/rome_pilgrimage.shtml (1921 words)

	Breakspear Arms
		It is on the corner of Breakspear Road on the cusp between Breakspear Road North and Breakspear Road South, so it is no surprise that this pub is called "The Breakspear something or other", yet over the years it has had an identity crisis.
		So the Breakspear Arms was was named after England's only Pope, but not while it was a "nightclub", at this time the sign that hung outside showed a spear broken in half, yet it retained its name when really it should have been the Break Spear Arms.
		The Breakspear Arms is very close to Breakspear Crematorium and therefore an ideal venue for a gathering after a service there.
	www.ruislip.co.uk /pubs/breakspear.htm (1845 words)

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		Nicholas Breakspear was born in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire in 1100 and died in 1159.
		Nicholas joined the monastery of Saint Rufus, near Avignon and in 1137 was elected its abbot.
		Nicholas Breakspear appeared before Eugenius III at Rome because of complaints about his strict discipline.
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	Nicholas Breakspear RC School, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire
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		Comments: Nicholas Breakspear RC School, (Local education authority: Hertfordshire) is a Secondary School in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
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	HADRIAN IV
		Educated at the famous abbey of St. Albans, Nicholas was refused admission as a monk, probably owing to indolence.
		Cardinal Nicholas was sent on a difficult and delicate mission.
		Nicholas handled this affair with great wisdom and tact.
	www.cfpeople.org /books/pope/popep167.htm (469 words)

	History: About Us: Breakspear Medical Group Ltd.
		The Breakspear Hospital was founded by Dr Jean Monro MB BS, MRCS, LRCP, FAAEM, DIBEM, MACOEM.
		(The building was renamed after Nicholas Breakspear, who was the only Englishman ever to become Pope in Rome.) The hospital has retained the name of these former premises.
		Today Breakspear Hospital is located at Hertfordshire House, in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England.
	www.breakspearmedical.com /files/history.html (290 words)

	The Pope Who Gave Ireland to the English -- TheWildGeese.com
		Nicholas took the name Adrian IV, and to this day remains the only English-born Pope, and, for the Irish, one of the most controversial.
		Adrian IV's father, Robert, was not a wealthy man, and Nicolas set out to the continent to better himself, like many intelligent commoners of the period, using the church to better his education and position.
		On his return, Nicholas was hailed as the "Apostle of the North" for reforming what Rome considered abuses in Norway and Sweden.
	www.thewildgeese.com /pages/adrianiv.html (1844 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear), Pope
		New Catholic Dictionary: Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear), Pope
		Apostle of the North; probably born c.1100 at Abbot's Langley, Hertfordshire, England as Nicholas Breakspear; died at Anagni, Italy.
		He went abroad as a wandering scholar, and became an Augustine Canon at Saint Rufus, near Avignon.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd00147.htm (196 words)

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