<sod>Pope Leo died on Sunday, 1 December  1521, aged 46, leaving the Papacy with debts amounting to 1,154,000 ducats, according to Giovanni Mattheo, the secretary of Cardinal Giulio de' Medici. Bishop Guidolotto wrote to the Duke of Urbino that the debt stood at 800,000 ducats..<ref>{{cite book|author=Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina|title=Histoire diplomatique des conclaves|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=P5NTAAAAcAAJ|volume=Volume I|year=1864|publisher=Librerie internationale|location=Paris|pages=512–524}}, at p. 512.</ref>  The Emperor Charles had promised to support the English Cardinal Wolsey, but his orders to his agents in Rome ordered support for Cardinal Giulio de'Medici.  Secretly, he informed Cardinal Tommaso de Vio Cajetanus that his real preference, when the time was ripe, was for Cardinal Adrian of Dertosa, his boyhood tutor and his current Regent in Spain.<ref>Petruccelli, p. 517.</ref> The Conclave to elect Pope Leo's successor opened on 27 December 1521.  Cardinal Prospero Colonna was one of thirty-nine cardinals who participated in the deliberations.   On Thursday, 9 January 1522, Cardinal Adrian Florenszoon Dedel, who was not even present at the Conclave, was elected.  One of the Imperial votes in his favor was that of Cardinal Colonna.  Cardinal Adrian chose to keep his own personal name, and was called Adrian VI.<ref>J. P. Adams, [http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SV1521.html ''Sede Vacante 1521-1522''.] Retrieved: 2016-03-30.</ref><eod>
<sod>Pope Leo died on Sunday, 1 December  1521, aged 46, leaving the Papacy with debts amounting to 1,154,000 ducats, according to Giovanni Mattheo, the secretary of Cardinal Giulio de' Medici. Bishop Guidolotto wrote to the Duke of Urbino that the debt stood at 800,000 ducats..<ref>{{cite book|author=Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina|title=Histoire diplomatique des conclaves|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=P5NTAAAAcAAJ|volume=Volume I|year=1864|publisher=Librerie internationale|location=Paris|pages=512–524}}, at p. 512.</ref>  The Emperor Charles had promised to support the English Cardinal Wolsey, but his orders to his agents in Rome ordered support for Cardinal Giulio de'Medici.  Secretly, he informed Cardinal Tommaso de Vio Cajetanus that his real preference, when the time was ripe, was for Cardinal Adrian of Dertosa, his boyhood tutor and his current Regent in Spain.<ref>Petruccelli, p. 517.</ref> The Florentine Orator, in a moment of complete frankness, wrote on 18 December, that Medici was not electable, but that he had sufficient votes to prevent anyone else from being elected.<ref>Petruccelli, p. 518.</ref>  The Conclave to elect Pope Leo's successor opened on 27 December 1521.  Cardinal Prospero Colonna was one of thirty-nine cardinals who participated in the deliberations.   On Thursday, 9 January 1522, Cardinal Adrian Florenszoon Dedel, who was not even present at the Conclave, was elected.  One of the Imperial votes in his favor was that of Cardinal Colonna.  Cardinal Adrian chose to keep his own personal name, and was called Adrian VI.<ref>J. P. Adams, [http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SV1521.html ''Sede Vacante 1521-1522''.] Retrieved: 2016-03-30.</ref><eod>