Pope Clement VII
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Pope Clement VII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed "the most unfortunate of the popes", Clement VII's reign
Portrait by Sebastiano del Piombo, c. 1531
Hanging of Bernardo Baroncelli, Leonardo da Vinci, 1479. Pazzi Conspirator.
Giulio Cardinal de' Medici, left; with his cousin Pope Leo X, center; and Luigi Cardinal de' Rossi, right; by Raphael, 1519
The Transfiguration, by Raphael, 1520. Commissioned by Cardinal Giulio de' Medici
Pope Adrian VI
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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
Pope Clement VII
…Clement came to the papacy with a high reputation as a statesman. He had served with distinction as chief advisor to Pope Leo X (1513–1521, his cousin), Pope Adrian VI (1522–1523), and commendably as gran maestro of Florence (1519–1523). Assuming leadership at a time of crisis, with the Protestant Reformation spreading…
Portrait after Jan van Scorel, c. 1625 (Centraal Museum, Utrecht)
Pope Adrian VI's birthplace in Utrecht
Pope Adrian VI, 1598 engraving by Théodore Galle
Portrait of Pope Adrian VI (1568)