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Victor III

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noun

  1. Dauferius, 1027–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1086–87.


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Victor III was far more enlightened, but his liberalism was paternalistic, rooted in noblesse oblige.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

But four anti-popes, who succeeded each other in the lapse of these twenty-eight years, under the names of Victor III.,

From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois

Roland, of Sienna, of the house of Bandinclli, elected 7th of Sept. died 30th of Aug. 1181 Octavian or Victor III.

From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois

Under the protection of Frederic I. the anti-popes Victor III.,

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John

The audacious Gregory VII. had a timid successor in Victor III.

From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois

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