War against Pope Hadrian
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Was a military campaign of Lombard King Desiderius against the Papal States.
Chronology
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April 772: In January 772 Pope Stephen III died, succeeded by Adrian I, who got rid of the head of the pro-Lombard party. Desiderio grasped the danger of a new alliance between the pope and the Franks and attempted to thwart it diplomatically. However, Hadrian remained adamant in his demand for the complete execution of the previous agreements, with the cession to the papacy of all the territories he claimed. Desiderio then went on the offensive, again invading the Exarchate, reconquering Faenza, Ferrara and Comacchio and threatening Ravenna.
November 772: At the end of 772, Desiderius intensified military pressure by occupying Senigallia, Jesi and Gubbio, entering the Roman Duchy and threatening Rome itself.
