The details about Adriano are chiefly taken from the _Relazioni_ of the Venetian embassadors, series ii.

vol.iii.pp.

75-120.
[2] His father's name was Florus or Flerentius, of the Flemish family, it is supposed, of Dedel.

Berni calls him a carpet-maker.

Other accounts represent him as a ship's carpenter.