Person

Name: Adriano V

Alternate Names:

Nature: historical

(Ecclesiastical)

Gender: male

Birth Date: c.1210

Death Date: 1276

Description: Pope for only 38 days after his election on 11 July 1276, Adrian V was a nephew of Innocent IV. No evidence remains of his avarice during his papacy but while a cardinal he accepted substantial bribes from Siena and Perugia to lift papal interdictions against these cities.

Associated Location: Roma

Images:

Botticelli, Sandro

Botticelli, Ascent to Avaricious

Doré, Gustave

Doré, Avaricious and Prodigal