(22-02-2022) FIFTH CENTENARY OF THE ELECTION OF POPE ADRIAN VI

(22-02-2022) FIFTH CENTENARY OF THE ELECTION OF POPE ADRIAN VI

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Vatican philately commemorates Pope Adrian VI on the fifth centenary of his election to the papacy. Adriaen Florisz Boeyens was the last non-Italian pope until the election of John Paul II and the last pope from the Holy Roman Empire, as well as the only one of Dutch origin. He died only a year after his election to the papacy. The brevity of his pontificate did not allow him to be more effective in his peacemaking efforts. Most of the official documents of Adrian VI disappeared shortly after his death. The stamp has a value of € 2.00 and reproduces a painting of the Pope with the tiara enclosed in an oval, painted in oil on canvas. An anonymous artist created the work between 1522 and 1599, basing it on a commemorative medal in which the Pope appears portrayed in the same manner. The painting is owned by the Rijksmuseum Centraal and has been on loan since 1993 to the Residence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Holy See.

SF4003

Data sheet

Face value
€ 2.00
Format
30 x 40 mm
Perforation
11 ½ mm
Sheet size
170 x 100 mm
Sheet of
10 stamps
Printing process
5 colour (CMYK + gold) offset
Printer
Bpost (Belgium)
Set Price
Euro 2.00
Mintange
50,000 complete series