Pope Adrian VI
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 501 years ago |
Date of birth | March 2,1459 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Utrecht |
Netherlands | |
Date of died | September 14,1523 |
Died | Rome |
Italy | |
Successor | Pope Clement VII |
Consecration | August 1516 |
Parents | Florens Boeyensz |
Geertruid Boeyensz | |
Job | Religious Leader |
Church | Catholic Church |
Education | Old University of Leuven |
Books | Breve Adriani P. ad Fridericum ... adversus Lutherum |
Nationality | Dutch |
German | |
Full name | Adriaan Florensz Boeyens |
Successors | Clement VII |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 485149 |
Pope Adrian VI Life story
Pope Adrian VI, born Adriaan Florensz Boeyens, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 January 1522 until his death on 14 September 1523. The only Dutchman to become pope, he was the last non-Italian pope until the Polish John Paul II 455 years later.