Editing Pope Adrian VI (section)

==Early life==
[[Image:Geboortehuis van Paus Adriaan.jpg|thumb|upright|Pope Adrian VI's birthplace in [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]]]]
Adriaan Florensz was born on 2 March 1459 in the city of [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]], which was then the capital of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht,<ref name=loughlin/> a part of the [[Burgundian Netherlands]] in the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. He was born into modest circumstances as the son of Florens Boeyensz, also born in Utrecht, and his wife Geertruid. He had three older brothers, Jan, Cornelius, and Claes.<ref>Rodocanachi, p. 301.</ref>  Adrian consistently signed with ''Adrianus Florentii'' or ''Adrianus de Traiecto'' ("Adrian of Utrecht") in later life, suggesting that his family did not yet have a surname but used patronymics only.<ref name=martens>Jos Martens, [http://histoforum.net/recensies/adrianus.html Bio and review of Verweij book] at Histoforum Magazine.</ref>

Adrian was probably raised in a house on the corner of the Brandstraat and Oude Gracht that was owned by his grandfather Boudewijn (Boeyen, for short). His father, a carpenter and likely [[shipwright]], died when Adrian was 10 years or younger.<ref>Gerard Weel [http://www.gerardweel.nl/adrianus/adrianus_1.php  Life and times of Adrian of Utrecht] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025172453/http://www.gerardweel.nl/adrianus/adrianus_1.php |date=25 October 2014 }} (in Dutch)</ref> Adrian studied from a very young age under the [[Brethren of the Common Life]], either at [[Zwolle]] or [[Deventer]] and was also a student of the [[Latin school]] (now ''Gymnasium Celeanum'') in [[Zwolle]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Coster |title=Metamorfoses|pages=17, 19 |chapter=De Latijnse School te Zwolle }} Rodocanachi, p. 301-302.</ref>