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Adrian VI
Adriaan Florenszoon Boeyens d'Edel · 1522 – 1523 · 2 yrs · died
The last non-Italian pope for 456 years. Tried to reform the Curia; the Curia outlasted him.
Did
- Admitted publicly that the Reformation was partly Rome's fault.
Didn't
- Get anywhere: died after twenty months, mourned by almost nobody in Rome.
From the record
Pope Adrian VI, born Adriaan Florensz Boeyens, was head of the Catholic Church and leader 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.
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