Hadrianos 8 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Dates | 842 (taq) / 872 (ob.) |
| Variant Names | Hadrianus; pope Hadrian II |
| Religion | Christian |
| Ethnicity | Roman |
| Locations | Rome (officeplace); Rome (residence); Rome; Rome (birthplace) |
| Occupation | Bishop; Priest; Sub-deacon |
| Titles | Archbishop, Rome (office); Bishop, Rome (office); Patriarch, Rome (office); Pope, Rome (office); Priest, St Mark (Rome) (office) |
| Textual Sources | Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Administrando Imperio, ed. G. Moravcsik, trans. R. J. H. Jenkins (Washington, D.C., 1967) (history); Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle); Vita Ignatii Patriarchae, by Nicetas (BHG 817), PG 105.488-574) (hagiography) |
Hadrianos 8 was bishop of Rome from 867 to 872 (Hadrian II). He was a native of Rome, the son of Talarus 1, of the third region of the city, and was a close relative of pope Stephen V (IV) (Stephanos 90) and pope Sergius II (Sergios 60); he was made a subdeacon by pope Gregory IV (Gregorios 82), who took him into the Lateran palace into his service; later he became a priest of the
When pope Nikolaos 28 died in 867, Hadrianos 8 was in his twenty-fifth year as a priest: Lib. Pont. 108. 4. There was unanimous support for him in Rome and he was chosen to succeed as bishop of Rome: Lib. Pont. 108. 4-6. He succeeded Nikolaos 28 as bishop of Rome in 867: Nicetas, Vita Ignatii 544C (πάπαν).
A letter from Hadrianos 8 was read out at the Council of Constantinople in 869/870, at which his representatives were Stephanos 89, Donatos 2 and Marinos 15: Nicetas, Vita Ignatii 544C-D.
Bishop of Rome; Hadrianos 8 made an alliance with Basil I (Basilios 7) and Louis II (Lodoïchos 1) of Francia to expel the Saracens from Bari (in c. 868): Const. Porph., DAI 29, 105ff. See ODB II 892. See also PBE II.
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