Calixtus III

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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

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 Walsh, James J.

Alfonso Borgia, one of the most active opponents of the Council of Basle and of the Reformation in Germany, was elected pope in 1455, assuming the name Calixtus III.

From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand

Pope Calixtus III sent for a Spanish goldsmith, Diaz, to do work for him in Rome.

From The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth by Barry, John D. (John Daniel)

Calixtus III said that he feared nothing from any hostile Powers, for he had 3000 men of letters to rely on.

From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron