Pope Adrian VI
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About Pope Adrian VI
Pope Adrian VI (born 1459, died 1523) holds a relatively high rank at #549 on the MIT Pantheon scale, reflecting significant historical importance. As a religious figure, his most notable achievement was being the last non-Italian Pope until John Paul II in 1978. He also served as the final tutor to the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, a powerful role in late medieval and early modern European politics.
Despite this historical weighting, Adrian VI experiences a notable attention gap, receiving only 150K annualized Wikipedia views in 2025. This puts him significantly under-attended relative to his importance, reflected in an Attention Gap score of -2x. For comparison, his contemporary religious peer, Jerome (#835 importance), garners 573K views, or nearly four times the traffic, while figures like Judas Iscariot (#674 importance) command 1.4M views.
Interestingly, the figure is currently seeing a volatile but growing interest, with a massive +129.3% year-over-year increase in attention, though this momentum faltered substantially between Q1 and Q3, dropping by 51%.