RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Adrian VI

1459 - 1523

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Pope Adrian VI (Latin: Hadrianus VI; Italian: Adriano VI; German: Hadrian VI.; Dutch: Adrianus/Adriaan VI), born Adriaan Florensz Boeyens (2 March 1459 – 14 September 1523), 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. Born in the Episcopal principality of Utrecht of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, Adrian studied at the University of Leuven in the Low Countries, where he rose to the position of professor of theology, also serving as its rector (the equivalent of president or vice-chancellor). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Adrian VI has received more than 808,239 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Pope Adrian VI is the 178th most popular religious figure (up from 209th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Religious Figure.

Pope Adrian VI was most famous for being the last pope to be born in the Netherlands. He was also the first pope to be born outside of Italy.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Adrian VI ranks 178 out of 3,187Before him are Rita of Cascia, Pope Alexander VII, Pope Linus, Lazarus of Bethany, Pope Urban V, and Saint Blaise. After him are Pope Boniface V, Saint Cecilia, Bernadette Soubirous, Pope Clement IX, Pope Celestine I, and Abdul Qadir Gilani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1459, Pope Adrian VI ranks 2Before him is Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Muhammad XII of Granada, Martin Behaim, Jakob Fugger, Sultan Cem, Lorenzo di Credi, John I Albert, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Charles, Count of Angoulême, Cima da Conegliano, and Michael Sittow. Among people deceased in 1523, Pope Adrian VI ranks 1After him are Pietro Perugino, Luca Signorelli, Ulrich von Hutten, Gerard David, Mehmed I Giray, Antonio Grimani, Bartolomeo Montagna, Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania, Prospero Colonna, Franz von Sickingen, and Ashikaga Yoshitane.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pope Adrian VI ranks 18 out of 1,646Before him are Hugo Grotius (1583), Abel Tasman (1603), Mata Hari (1876), Hendrik Lorentz (1853), Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938), and Daniel Bernoulli (1700). After him are Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), Gerard 't Hooft (1946), Pieter Zeeman (1865), M. C. Escher (1898), Willem Barentsz (1550), and Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Netherlands

Among religious figures born in Netherlands, Pope Adrian VI ranks 1After him are Menno Simons (1496), Norbert of Xanten (1080), Lambert of Maastricht (635), John of Leiden (1509), Geert Groote (1340), Wim Hof (1959), Lidwina (1380), Ludger (742), Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857), Johannes Willebrands (1909), and Peter Hans Kolvenbach (1928).