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Three Counties Radio,4 mins

History's only English pope was from Hertfordshire

Secret Hertfordshire

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Pope Adrian IV was born as Nicholas Breakspear in Abbots Langley around 1100 AD. The BBC’s Eric Johnson spoke to the parish priest of St Saviours Church in Abbots Langley, Father Richard Mway. Image: Portrait of Pope Adrian IV on loan to St Saviours Church from Hertfordshire County Council.

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