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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

Accordingly, under the name of Pope Victor III, he became one of the great Popes of the eleventh century.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh

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

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

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

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

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 Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou

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