Calixtus III

Or Callistus III

noun

1. Alfonso de BorjaAlfonso Borgia, 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.

Example Sentences

Calixtus III. was elected April 8, with a speed which showed how dangerous a papal interregnum was considered.

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Calixtus III., and Innocent III., disputed and weakened the authority of the head of the church.

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The Pope, Calixtus III., was engaged in a war at that time with the Saracens.

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In accordance with his father’s will, he succeeded him on the throne of Naples in 1458, but Pope Calixtus III. declared the line of Aragon extinct and the kingdom a fief of the church.

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Valla became Papal Secretary under Nicholas' successor, Pope Calixtus III, but unfortunately he died at the early age of fifty.

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