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Adrian VI

Type Figure Region Netherlands Time 1459–1523 Also known as Pope Adrian VI、Adriaan Floriszoon Boeyens、教宗阿德里安六世

A Dutch-born Roman pope who reigned 1522–1523, one of the few northern European popes in the early Reformation, who sought to curb curial corruption …

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  1. 1459–1522Utrecht · UtrechtBorn in Utrecht, he taught at the University of Leuven, later served as regent and inquisitor in Spain, and was made cardinal in 1517, renowned for rigorous scholarship and moral integrity.
  2. 1522–1523Rome · Papal StatesElected pope in 1522, he called for introspective reform of the curia, condemned Luther's heresy, and sought to ally with the Holy Roman Empire to suppress religious division; diplomatic difficulties and resistance to reform cut his reign short, and he died after less than two years.

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