Adrian VI
noun
1459–1523, Dutch ecclesiastic: pope 1522–23.
Hadrian VI
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a variation of
Adrian VI.
Example Sentences
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Some fifty years after his death Antoninus was canonized by Pope Hadrian VI, the scholarly Pope from Utrecht in Holland.
From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by James J. Walsh
The new pope, Hadrian VI, was honest and simple, and a well-known advocate of reform without change of belief.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson
Hadrian VI confesses the evil deeds of the papacy.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson
He was canonised, May 31, 1523, by Pope Hadrian VI.
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther
