Editing Pope Adrian III (section)

==Pontificate==
Adrian laboured hard to alleviate the misery of the people of [[Italy]], prey to famine and to continuous war.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-hadrian-iii/| title = Monks of Ramsgate. "Hadrian III". ''Book of Saints'', 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 September 2013}}</ref> He is also known to have written a letter condemning the Christians of both [[Al-Andalus|Muslim-ruled]] and Christian-ruled parts of Spain for being too friendly with the Jews in these lands.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bernard S. Bachrach|title=Early Medieval Jewish Policy in Western Europe|date=1977|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|isbn=9780816608140|page=190|edition=reprint}}</ref> Adrian also sent [[Theodosius of Oria|Theodosius]], the bishop of [[Diocese of Brindisi|Brindisi]] and [[diocese of Oria|Oria]], to Constantinople to deliver a synodal letter about faith and the filioque to [[patriarch Photius I]].<ref name="Dvornik">{{cite book |last1=Dvornik |first1=Francis |title=The Photian Schism |date=1948 |publisher=CUP Archive |pages=228–230 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X_A8AAAAIAAJ |access-date=20 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

Adrian died in July 885 at [[San Cesario sul Panaro]] ([[Modena]]), not long after embarking on a trip to [[Worms, Germany|Worms]], in the [[Rhineland]]. The purpose of the journey was to attend an [[Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Diet]] after being summoned by Emperor [[Charles the Fat]] to settle the imperial succession<ref>Richard P. McBrien, ''Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II'', (HarperCollins, 2000), 143.</ref> and discuss the rising power of the [[Saracens]].

Adrian's death and subsequent burial in the church of San Silvestro [[Nonantola Abbey]] near Modena<ref name=Bougard>François Bougard (2002), "Hadrian III", in Philippe Levillain, ed., ''The Papacy: An Encyclopedia'', vol. 2 (New York and London: Routledge), 682.</ref> is commemorated in the sculpted reliefs ({{circa|1122}}) that frame the doorway of this church. His relics are found near the high altar, and his tomb at once became a popular place of pilgrimage. His cult was confirmed by [[Pope Leo XIII]] on 2 June 1891, and his feast day is celebrated on 8 July.<ref name=Bougard/> Orthodox Feasts dates are 8 and 30 July.<ref>{{Cite web |title=АДРИАН III РИМСКИЙ - Древо |url=http://drevo-info.ru/articles/10407.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=drevo-info.ru |language=ru}}</ref>