Hadrian 2 (Male) Abbot of St Peter's, Canterbury, c.635-710
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Factoids by Source

Agatho.Ep.B38: Letter to Abbot Hadrian (4)
Recorded Name (1)
Adrianus (1)
 Agatho.Ep.B38   
Authorship (1)
 Author of a request for a privilege from Deusdedit 2 (Letter): Deusdedit.Ep.B31   
 Author of a letter to Agatho 2 (Letter): Agatho.Ep.B38   
Office (1)
Abbot (1)
 Agatho.Ep.B38   
Event (1)
Episcopal see, acquisition/institution/division/merge (1)
 Agatho 2.letter to Hadrian 2: Following the request of Hadrian 2, Agatho 2 granted an apostolic privilege for the monastery of St Peter and St Paul at Canterbury.: Agatho.Ep.B38    (678)
Grant and Gift (1)
 Agatho 2.letter to Hadrian 2: Following the request of Hadrian 2, Agatho 2 granted an apostolic privilege for the monastery of St Peter and St Paul at Canterbury.: Agatho.Ep.B38    (678)
Papal advice/audience/decision/privilege (1)
 Agatho 2.letter to Hadrian 2: Following the request of Hadrian 2, Agatho 2 granted an apostolic privilege for the monastery of St Peter and St Paul at Canterbury.: Agatho.Ep.B38    (678)
Aldhelm.Ep: Letters (10)
Recorded Name (2)
Hadrianus (2)
 Aldhelm.Ep  2.Inscrip
 Aldhelm.Ep  5 (p. 493)
Education (1)
 learned: Bede.HE  Preface
 well versed in the holy Scriptures, trained both in monastic and ecclesiastical ways: Bede.HE  iv.1
 extremely learned in sacred and secular literature: Bede.HE  iv.2
 very learned: LiberPontificalis  Mommsen, p. 188: Vitalian, 5
 endowed with unutterably pure urbanity: Aldhelm.Ep  5 (p. 493)
Occupation (1)
Teacher (1)
 Aldhelm.Ep  2.Inscrip
Status (1)
Companion (1)
 Aldhelm.Ep  5 (p. 493)
Personal Relationship (2)
Hadrian 2 Foster-father (Quasi-kinship) of ~ (1)
 of Aldhelm 3: Aldhelm.Ep  2.Inscrip
~ Foster-son/child (Quasi-kinship) of Hadrian 2 (1)
 Aldhelm 3: of Hadrian 2: Aldhelm.Ep  2.Inscrip
Event (1)
Correspondence (1)
 Aldhelm 3.letter to Hadrian 2: Aldhelm 3 wrote to say that he had longed for Hadrian 2's company since leaving Kent three years previously.: Aldhelm.Ep  2
Friendship-making (1)
 Aldhelm 3.letter to Hadrian 2: Aldhelm 3 wrote to say that he had longed for Hadrian 2's company since leaving Kent three years previously.: Aldhelm.Ep  2
Factoids linked indirectly to Hadrian 2 (2)
Education (1)
 Albinus 2: educated in the Kentish Church by Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2: Bede.HE  Preface
 Albinus 2: so well trained in scriptural studies that he had no small knowledge of the Greek language and that he knew Latin as well as English: Bede.HE  v.20
 Aldhelm 3: After studying the first elements of education with Hadrian 2, he did so again until illness forced his departure from Kent; that and other matters prevented his return.: Aldhelm.Ep  2
 Aldhelm 3: Aldhelm 3 was sent to school to Hadrian 2; as a child he became adept in both Greek and Latin.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  v.189.1
 Aldhelm 3: Hadrian 2 educated Aldhelm 3 in liberal arts.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  v.189.3-4
Authorship (1)
Deusdedit 2:  Author of a letter to Hadrian 2 (Letter): Deusdedit.Ep.B31   
Aldhelm 3:  Author of a letter to Hadrian 2 (Letter): Aldhelm.Ep  2
Aldhelm 3:  Author of a letter to Hadrian 2 (Letter): WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  v.189.4-8
Bede.ChronMaior: The Greater Chronicles, or Con... (5)
Recorded Name (1)
Hadrianus (1)
 Bede.ChronMaior  527.554
Personal Information (1)
intellectual (1)
 Bede.ChronMaior  527.554 (a man equally learned [to Theodore 1])
Office (1)
Abbot (1)
 Bede.ChronMaior  527.554
Event (2)
Journey (1)
 Vitalian 1.despatch of Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 to Britain: Vitalian 1 sent Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 to Britain: Bede.ChronMaior  527.554
Mission/mission-sending (1)
 Vitalian 1.despatch of Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 to Britain: Vitalian 1 sent Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 to Britain: Bede.ChronMaior  527.554
Pastoral activities/preaching (1)
 Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2. teaching of ecclesiastical matters: Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 engaged in ecclesiastical teaching to the very many of the churches of the English.: Bede.ChronMaior  527.554
Bede.HE: Ecclesiastical History of the ... (32)
Recorded Name (5)
Hadrianus (5)
 Bede.HE  Preface
 Bede.HE  iv.1
 Bede.HE  v.20
 Bede.HE  v.23
 Bede.HE  iv.2
Personal Information (5)
ethnicity (1)
 Bede.HE  iv.1 (of African race)
language competence (1)
 Bede.HE  iv.1 (equally skilled in the Greek and Latin tongues)
saintly status (3)
 Bede.HE  Preface (of blessed memory)
 Bede.HE  Preface (venerable)
 Bede.HE  v.23 (of blessed memory)
Education (3)
 learned: Bede.HE  Preface
 well versed in the holy Scriptures, trained both in monastic and ecclesiastical ways: Bede.HE  iv.1
 extremely learned in sacred and secular literature: Bede.HE  iv.2
 very learned: LiberPontificalis  Mommsen, p. 188: Vitalian, 5
 endowed with unutterably pure urbanity: Aldhelm.Ep  5 (p. 493)
Office (4)
Abbot (4)
 Bede.HE  Preface
 Bede.HE  iv.1
 Bede.HE  v.20
 Bede.HE  v.23
Occupation (2)
Teacher (2)
 Bede.HE  iv.2
 Bede.HE  v.23
Personal Relationship (4)
~ Disciple (General relationship) of Hadrian 2 (2)
 Albinus 2: of Hadrian 2: Bede.HE  v.20
 Tobias 2: of Hadrian 2: Bede.HE  v.23
Hadrian 2 Father (Honorific kinship) of ~ (1)
 of Missing Person: Bede.HE  v.20
Hadrian 2 Fellow labourer (General relationship) of ~ (1)
 of Theodore 1: Bede.HE  v.20
Event (7)
Burial (1)
 Hadrian 2.burial: Hadrian 2 died and was buried in his monastery, in the church of St Mary.: Bede.HE  v.20
Correspondence (1)
 Vitalian 1-Hadrian 2.correspondence: Vitalian 1 sent for Hadrian 2 and ordered him to accept the bishopric and go to Britain. Hadrian 2 answered that he was unworthy of such a rank and suggested a certain monk (Andrew 2) instead. The latter could not go because of his infirmities. Hadrian 2 then had to accept, but he also asked for a respite to see if he could find a man suitable to be consecrated bishop. He then proposed Theodore 1 to the pope.: Bede.HE  iv.1
Death/dying (1)
 Hadrian 2.burial: Hadrian 2 died and was buried in his monastery, in the church of St Mary.: Bede.HE  v.20
Grant and Gift (1)
 Theodore 1.granting St Peter's, Canterbury to Hadrian 2: Theodore 1 granted the monastery of St Peter in Canterbury to Hadrian 2.: Bede.HE  iv.1
Journey (4)
 Hadrian 2.journey to Sens and Meaux: Hadrian 2 went first to Emme 1, bishop of Sens, and then to Faro 1, bishop pf Meaux. He stayed with them for a long time.: Bede.HE  iv.1
 Rædfrith 1.journey to kingdom of Franks: When Ecgberht 3 heard that Theodore 1 was in the kingdom of the Franks, he sent Rædfrith 1 to bring him to England.: Bede.HE  iv.1
 Theodore 1-Hadrian 2.journey to Britain: They came by sea to Marseilles and then by land to Arles and handed to John 15 the commendatory letters of Vitalian 1. They were kept by John 15 until Ebroin 1 gave them leave to go.: Bede.HE  iv.1 (668 - ?)
 Theodore 1.arrival in England: Theodore 1 came to the English church in the second year after his consecration.: Bede.HE  iv.2 (669)
Request (2)
 Rædfrith 1.journey to kingdom of Franks: When Ecgberht 3 heard that Theodore 1 was in the kingdom of the Franks, he sent Rædfrith 1 to bring him to England.: Bede.HE  iv.1
 Vitalian 1-Hadrian 2.correspondence: Vitalian 1 sent for Hadrian 2 and ordered him to accept the bishopric and go to Britain. Hadrian 2 answered that he was unworthy of such a rank and suggested a certain monk (Andrew 2) instead. The latter could not go because of his infirmities. Hadrian 2 then had to accept, but he also asked for a respite to see if he could find a man suitable to be consecrated bishop. He then proposed Theodore 1 to the pope.: Bede.HE  iv.1
Residence (2)
 Hadrian 2.journey to Sens and Meaux: Hadrian 2 went first to Emme 1, bishop of Sens, and then to Faro 1, bishop pf Meaux. He stayed with them for a long time.: Bede.HE  iv.1
 Theodore 1-Hadrian 2.journey to Britain: They came by sea to Marseilles and then by land to Arles and handed to John 15 the commendatory letters of Vitalian 1. They were kept by John 15 until Ebroin 1 gave them leave to go.: Bede.HE  iv.1 (668 - ?)
Factoids linked indirectly to Hadrian 2 (2)
Education (2)
 Albinus 2: educated in the Kentish Church by Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2: Bede.HE  Preface
 Albinus 2: so well trained in scriptural studies that he had no small knowledge of the Greek language and that he knew Latin as well as English: Bede.HE  v.20
 Aldhelm 3: After studying the first elements of education with Hadrian 2, he did so again until illness forced his departure from Kent; that and other matters prevented his return.: Aldhelm.Ep  2
 Aldhelm 3: Aldhelm 3 was sent to school to Hadrian 2; as a child he became adept in both Greek and Latin.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  v.189.1
 Aldhelm 3: Hadrian 2 educated Aldhelm 3 in liberal arts.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  v.189.3-4
Bede.HistAb: Historia abbatum (9)
Recorded Name (1)
Adrian (1)
 Bede.HistAb  3
Personal Information (1)
moral (1)
 Bede.HistAb  3 (he was Theodore 1's equal in energy and prudence)
Office (3)
Abbot (2)
 Bede.HistAb  3
 Bede.HistAb  3 (Abbot of St Peter's)
Counsellor (1)
 Bede.HistAb  3
Event (4)
Appointment - ecclesiastical (1)
 Hadrian 2.appointment as Theodore 1’s colleague: Vitalian 1 appointed Hadrian 2 as Theodore 1's counsellor and colleague: Bede.HistAb  3
Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of archbishop (1)
 Theodore 1.returning to Kent with entourage: Guided by Biscop 2, Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 arrived in Kent where he was very favourably received and enthroned as archbishop.: Bede.HistAb  3
Journey (3)
 Biscop 2.chosen by Vitalian 1: Vitalian 1 orders Biscop 2 to escort Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 back to King Ecgberht 3.: Bede.HistAb  3
 Theodore 1.returning to Kent with entourage: Guided by Biscop 2, Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 arrived in Kent where he was very favourably received and enthroned as archbishop.: Bede.HistAb  3
 Vitalian 1.sending Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 to Britain: Vitalian 1 sent Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 to Britain.: Bede.HistAb  3
Mission/mission-sending (1)
 Vitalian 1.sending Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 to Britain: Vitalian 1 sent Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 to Britain.: Bede.HistAb  3
Ordering (1)
 Biscop 2.chosen by Vitalian 1: Vitalian 1 orders Biscop 2 to escort Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 back to King Ecgberht 3.: Bede.HistAb  3
Deusdedit.Ep.B31: Letter to Abbot Hadrian (5)
Recorded Name (1)
Adrian (1)
 Deusdedit.Ep.B31   
Authorship (1)
 Author of a request for a privilege from Deusdedit 2 (Letter): Deusdedit.Ep.B31   
 Author of a letter to Agatho 2 (Letter): Agatho.Ep.B38   
Office (1)
Abbot (1)
 Deusdedit.Ep.B31   
Event (1)
Confirmation of land/privileges (1)
 Deusdedit 2.letter to Hadrian 2: Deusdedit 2 confirmed privileges for the monastery of St Peter at Canterbury.: Deusdedit.Ep.B31    (673)
Papal advice/audience/decision/privilege (1)
 Deusdedit 2.letter to Hadrian 2: Deusdedit 2 confirmed privileges for the monastery of St Peter at Canterbury.: Deusdedit.Ep.B31    (673)
Factoids linked indirectly to Hadrian 2 (1)
Authorship (1)
Deusdedit 2:  Author of a letter to Hadrian 2 (Letter): Deusdedit.Ep.B31   
Aldhelm 3:  Author of a letter to Hadrian 2 (Letter): Aldhelm.Ep  2
Aldhelm 3:  Author of a letter to Hadrian 2 (Letter): WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  v.189.4-8
John XII.Ep.Z143: Letter to King Eadred and Arch... (4)
Recorded Name (1)
Adrianus (1)
 John XII.Ep.Z143   
Personal Information (1)
saintly status (1)
 John XII.Ep.Z143    (holy and beloved by God)
Office (1)
Abbot (1)
 John XII.Ep.Z143   
Event (1)
Confirmation of land/privileges (1)
 John 24.letter to Oda 1 and Eadred 16: Following Eadred 16's request, John 24 wrote to confirm privileges for the monastery of St Peter and St Paul. It had to be free from every secular service. The archbishop had to have a peaceful relation with the abbot and had to treat the latter as a friend rather than a subject.: John XII.Ep.Z143    (956)
Correspondence (1)
 John 24.letter to Oda 1 and Eadred 16: Following Eadred 16's request, John 24 wrote to confirm privileges for the monastery of St Peter and St Paul. It had to be free from every secular service. The archbishop had to have a peaceful relation with the abbot and had to treat the latter as a friend rather than a subject.: John XII.Ep.Z143    (956)
Freeing from dues (1)
 John 24.letter to Oda 1 and Eadred 16: Following Eadred 16's request, John 24 wrote to confirm privileges for the monastery of St Peter and St Paul. It had to be free from every secular service. The archbishop had to have a peaceful relation with the abbot and had to treat the latter as a friend rather than a subject.: John XII.Ep.Z143    (956)
Friendship-making (1)
 John 24.letter to Oda 1 and Eadred 16: Following Eadred 16's request, John 24 wrote to confirm privileges for the monastery of St Peter and St Paul. It had to be free from every secular service. The archbishop had to have a peaceful relation with the abbot and had to treat the latter as a friend rather than a subject.: John XII.Ep.Z143    (956)
LiberPontificalis: Liber Pontificalis (4)
Recorded Name (1)
Adrianus (1)
 LiberPontificalis  Mommsen, p. 188: Vitalian, 5
Education (1)
 learned: Bede.HE  Preface
 well versed in the holy Scriptures, trained both in monastic and ecclesiastical ways: Bede.HE  iv.1
 extremely learned in sacred and secular literature: Bede.HE  iv.2
 very learned: LiberPontificalis  Mommsen, p. 188: Vitalian, 5
 endowed with unutterably pure urbanity: Aldhelm.Ep  5 (p. 493)
Office (1)
Abbot (1)
 LiberPontificalis  Mommsen, p. 188: Vitalian, 5
Event (1)
Mission/mission-sending (1)
 Vitalian 1.sending Theodore and Hadrian 2 to Britain: Vitalian 1 sent Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 to Britain. They made very many of the churches of the English fruitful with the doctrine of the church.: LiberPontificalis  Mommsen, p. 188: Vitalian, 5
Pastoral activities/preaching (1)
 Vitalian 1.sending Theodore and Hadrian 2 to Britain: Vitalian 1 sent Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 to Britain. They made very many of the churches of the English fruitful with the doctrine of the church.: LiberPontificalis  Mommsen, p. 188: Vitalian, 5
S10 (2)
Recorded Name (1)
Adrianus (1)
 S10   
Event (1)
Charter-witnessing (1)
 S10 - Swæfheard 1 granting land to Æbbe 3: Swæfheard 1, king of Kent, to Æbbe 3, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet, and 12 hides in Sturry, Kent: S10    (689)
Grant and Gift (1)
 S10 - Swæfheard 1 granting land to Æbbe 3: Swæfheard 1, king of Kent, to Æbbe 3, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 44 hides (manentes) in Sudaneie in Thanet, and 12 hides in Sturry, Kent: S10    (689)
S12 (4)
Recorded Name (1)
Adrianus (1)
 S12   
Office (1)
Abbot (1)
 S12   
Event (2)
Charter-witnessing (1)
 S12 - Oswine 2 granting land to Canterbury, St Peter's 1: Oswine 2, king of Kent, to Canterbury, St Peter's 1 Minster (St Augustine's, Canterbury) and Abbot Hadrian 2; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) of iron-bearing land, formerly belonging to the royal vill at Lyminge, Kent: S12    (689)
Grant and Gift (2)
 Oswine 2.granting land to Canterbury, St Peter's 1 and Hadrian 2 S12: Oswine 2, king of Kent, to Canterbury, St Peter's 1 (St Augustine's, Canterbury) and Abbot Hadrian 2; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) of iron-bearing land, formerly belonging to the royal vill at Lyminge, Kent: S12    (689)
 S12 - Oswine 2 granting land to Canterbury, St Peter's 1: Oswine 2, king of Kent, to Canterbury, St Peter's 1 Minster (St Augustine's, Canterbury) and Abbot Hadrian 2; grant of 1 sulung (aratrum) of iron-bearing land, formerly belonging to the royal vill at Lyminge, Kent: S12    (689)
S13 (3)
Recorded Name (1)
Adrianus (1)
 S13   
Office (1)
Abbot (1)
 S13   
Event (1)
Charter-witnessing (1)
 S13 - Oswine 2 granting land to Æbbe 3: Oswine 2, king of Kent, to Æbbe 3, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 10 hides (manentes) in Sturry, Kent: S13    (690)
Grant and Gift (1)
 S13 - Oswine 2 granting land to Æbbe 3: Oswine 2, king of Kent, to Æbbe 3, abbess (of Minster-in-Thanet); grant of 10 hides (manentes) in Sturry, Kent: S13    (690)
S16 (2)
Recorded Name (1)
Adrianus (1)
 S16   
Office (1)
Abbot (1)
 S16    (Abbot of St Peter's, Canterbury)
S17 (3)
Recorded Name (1)
Adrianus (1)
 S17   
Office (1)
Abbot (1)
 S17   
Event (1)
Charter-witnessing (1)
 S17 - Wihtred 1 granting land to Mildrith 1: Wihtred 1, king of Kent, to Mildrith 1, abbess; grant of privileges for Minster-in-Thanet 1: S17    (696)
Grant and Gift (1)
 S17 - Wihtred 1 granting land to Mildrith 1: Wihtred 1, king of Kent, to Mildrith 1, abbess; grant of privileges for Minster-in-Thanet 1: S17    (696)
S20 (3)
Recorded Name (1)
Hadrian (1)
 S20   
Office (1)
Abbot (1)
 S20   
Event (1)
Charter-witnessing (1)
 S20 - Wihtred 1 granting privileges to the religious houses of Kent: Wihtred 1, king of Kent, to the churches and monasteries of Kent; confirmation of privileges: S20    (699)
Confirmation of land/privileges (1)
 S20 - Wihtred 1 granting privileges to the religious houses of Kent: Wihtred 1, king of Kent, to the churches and monasteries of Kent; confirmation of privileges: S20    (699)
S233 (3)
Recorded Name (1)
Adrianus (1)
 S233   
Office (1)
Abbot (1)
 S233   
Event (1)
Charter-witnessing (1)
 S233 - Swæfheard 1 granting land to Ecgbald 1: Swæfheard 1, king of Kent, to Ecgbald 1, abbot; grant of adjoining 20 hides at Hoo and woodland at Fercanhamstede: S233    (687)
Grant and Gift (1)
 S233 - Swæfheard 1 granting land to Ecgbald 1: Swæfheard 1, king of Kent, to Ecgbald 1, abbot; grant of adjoining 20 hides at Hoo and woodland at Fercanhamstede: S233    (687)
S7 (3)
Recorded Name (1)
Adrianus (1)
 S7   
Office (1)
Abbot (1)
 S7   
Event (1)
Charter-witnessing (1)
 S7 - Hlothhere 1 granting land to Canterbury, St Peter's 1: Hlothhere 1 to Canterbury, St Peter's 1 Minster (St Augustine's, Canterbury 1); grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) in Stodmarsh, Kent: S7    (675)
Grant and Gift (1)
 S7 - Hlothhere 1 granting land to Canterbury, St Peter's 1: Hlothhere 1 to Canterbury, St Peter's 1 Minster (St Augustine's, Canterbury 1); grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) in Stodmarsh, Kent: S7    (675)
S72 (4)
Recorded Name (1)
Adrianus (1)
 S72   
Office (1)
Papal legate (1)
 S72   
Status (1)
Comes (1)
 S72   
Event (1)
Charter-witnessing (1)
 S72 - Æthelred 2 granting land to St Peter's, Medeshamstede 1: Æthelred 2, king, to St Peter's Minster, Medeshamstede 1; grant, appended to a bull of Pope Agatho 2, of land at Breedon on the Hill, Leics.; Hrepingas (? Repton, Derbys.); Cedenac; Swineshead, Lincs.; Heanbyrig; Lodeshale; Shifnal, Salop.; Costesford; Stretford (? Stretford, Salop.); Wattlesborough and Lizard, Salop.; Æthelhuniglond (? in Kent); and Bardney, Lincs: S72    (680)
Grant and Gift (1)
 S72 - Æthelred 2 granting land to St Peter's, Medeshamstede 1: Æthelred 2, king, to St Peter's Minster, Medeshamstede 1; grant, appended to a bull of Pope Agatho 2, of land at Breedon on the Hill, Leics.; Hrepingas (? Repton, Derbys.); Cedenac; Swineshead, Lincs.; Heanbyrig; Lodeshale; Shifnal, Salop.; Costesford; Stretford (? Stretford, Salop.); Wattlesborough and Lizard, Salop.; Æthelhuniglond (? in Kent); and Bardney, Lincs: S72    (680)
Papal advice/audience/decision/privilege (1)
 S72 - Æthelred 2 granting land to St Peter's, Medeshamstede 1: Æthelred 2, king, to St Peter's Minster, Medeshamstede 1; grant, appended to a bull of Pope Agatho 2, of land at Breedon on the Hill, Leics.; Hrepingas (? Repton, Derbys.); Cedenac; Swineshead, Lincs.; Heanbyrig; Lodeshale; Shifnal, Salop.; Costesford; Stretford (? Stretford, Salop.); Wattlesborough and Lizard, Salop.; Æthelhuniglond (? in Kent); and Bardney, Lincs: S72    (680)
S9 (2)
Recorded Name (1)
Adrianus (1)
 S9   
Office (1)
Abbot (1)
 S9    (abbot of Canterbury, St Peter's 1)
WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum: Gesta Pontificum Anglorum (7)
Personal Information (1)
saintly status (1)
 WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.2.2 (saint)
Office (1)
Abbot (1)
 WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.2.2
Event (2)
Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of abbot (1)
 Biscop 2.surrending his abbacy: Biscop 2 spent most of his life abroad on business. He therefore gladly yielded control of St Augustine's Canterbury to Hadrian 2 on his arrival, although King Ecgberht 3 had appointed him abbot there. Biscop 2 did so out of respect for his superior, Archbishop Theodore 1.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.186.9
Burial (1)
 Mildrith 1-Hadrian 2.resting place and saintly status: Goscelin 1 adds [to the saints buried in Augustine's church] stones of glory beyond price, whose lightning flashes bring destruction on the wicked and help to the suppliant: Abbot Hadrian 2 and the virgin Mildrith 1, notable alike for their name and their sweet natures.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.2.2
Submission (1)
 Biscop 2.surrending his abbacy: Biscop 2 spent most of his life abroad on business. He therefore gladly yielded control of St Augustine's Canterbury to Hadrian 2 on his arrival, although King Ecgberht 3 had appointed him abbot there. Biscop 2 did so out of respect for his superior, Archbishop Theodore 1.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iv.186.9
Factoids linked indirectly to Hadrian 2 (3)
Education (2)
 Albinus 2: educated in the Kentish Church by Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2: Bede.HE  Preface
 Albinus 2: so well trained in scriptural studies that he had no small knowledge of the Greek language and that he knew Latin as well as English: Bede.HE  v.20
 Aldhelm 3: After studying the first elements of education with Hadrian 2, he did so again until illness forced his departure from Kent; that and other matters prevented his return.: Aldhelm.Ep  2
 Aldhelm 3: Aldhelm 3 was sent to school to Hadrian 2; as a child he became adept in both Greek and Latin.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  v.189.1
 Aldhelm 3: Hadrian 2 educated Aldhelm 3 in liberal arts.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  v.189.3-4
Authorship (1)
Deusdedit 2:  Author of a letter to Hadrian 2 (Letter): Deusdedit.Ep.B31   
Aldhelm 3:  Author of a letter to Hadrian 2 (Letter): Aldhelm.Ep  2
Aldhelm 3:  Author of a letter to Hadrian 2 (Letter): WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  v.189.4-8