Pope Adrian VI
Head of the Catholic Church from 1522 to 1523
- Died
- 1523
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.