Calixtus III

American  

Or Callistus III

noun

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

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Calixtus III

He said it to the meek, blue-eyed Pope Calixtus III, also a Borgia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pope Calixtus III, who succeeded Nicholas in 1455, was a man of cultivated mind, scholarly tastes and shared with his predecessor the honor of having founded the Vatican Library.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by James J. Walsh

The Pope of that period, Calixtus III, though a man of more than ordinary ability, was saturated with the ideas of his time.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White

When he was only twenty-five years of age his uncle, Pope Calixtus III, made him a cardinal, and shortly afterwards appointed him to the dignified and lucrative office of vice-chancellor.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

Another of the physicians of Pope Nicholas V and Calixtus III was Simon Tebaldi, who came of a distinguished family, one of whom was a Cardinal.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by James J. Walsh

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