Editing Pope Adrian VI (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:Engraving of the birthhouse of pope hadrian.jpg|thumb|The birth house of Pope Adrian and accompanying poem. Detail of an engraving of 'Famous Dutch Men and Women'.]]

The first series of engravings used to educate Dutch school children at the turn of the 18th century includes Adrian VI in its woodcut on 'Famous Dutch Men and Women' with the following poem:
:''In Utrecht wijst men nog dit huis den vreemdeling aan, ''
:''En noemt het om zijn naam 't huis van Paus Adriaan,''
:''Nog praalt 's mans borstbeeld in den gevel. Min verheven''
:''Was 't het stamhuis van dien Paus, een schuitemakers zoon,''
:''Zijn naam blijft nog vol lof op duizend tongen zweeven,''
:''Kort droeg hij, maar met roem, de pauselijke kroon.'''

:''In Utrecht they still point out this house to strangers,''
:''And name it after him: the house of pope Adrian,''
:''Still his bust stands in its [[façade]]. Less elevated''
:''Was the ancestry of this pope, the son of a boat builder,''
:''His name is still proudly spoken by thousands of tongues,''
:''Only briefly, but with honor, he wore the papal crown.''

Pope Adrian VI appears as a character in [[Christopher Marlowe]]'s stage drama ''[[Doctor Faustus (play)|The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus]]'' (1604).<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/779/779-h/779-h.htm#2H_4_0002 |title=The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus |first=Christopher |last=Marlowe |chapter=Dramatis Personae |via=Project Gutenberg |year=1604}}</ref>