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Pius II invited all Christian nobility to join, and the Venetians immediately answered the appeal. As pope he was chiefly concerned with the organization of Christian Europe against the invasion of the Turks.

On the 25th of March, 1455, Nicholas V died, and Alfonso Borgia was elected (8 April) and assumed the name of Callistus III. All of Europe was in shock– worried they would be invaded by the Muslims, changing the face of Catholic Christian Europe. Funerary Monument of Calixtus III 67. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Callixtus III 1455 – 1458. In November 1463, Pope Pius II tried to organize a new crusade against the Ottomans, similar to what Pope Nicholas V and Pope Calixtus III tried before.

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Most of the other cardinals were in Rome.

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Upon the death of Nicholas V in 1455, the first Spaniard was elected Pope, taking the name of Callixtus III.

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Calixtus (III), also spelled Callistus, original name Giovanni di Struma, English John of Struma, (flourished 12th century), antipope from 1168 to 1178, who reigned with the support of the Holy Roman emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. Categories  Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree....

By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. He was also responsible for the retrial of Joan of Arc that saw her vindicated. He was crowned at Vienne on 9 February 1119 as Calixtus II. The term pope was originally applied to all the bishops in…

He was successful, however, in raising a pontifical fleet that relieved many of the Aegean islands.

Paschal does not seem to have been quite pleased with Guy's zeal in his attacks upon Henry V. During the violent confrontations between Henry V and Paschal II's successor, Pope Gelasius II, the pope was forced to flee from Rome, first to Gaeta, where he was crowned, then to the Cluny Abbey, where he died on 29 January 1119. Login Er stammte aus dem spanischen Adelsgeschlecht der Borgia. Pope Eugenius IV made him cardinal in 1444. Marble Statue of St Peter Enthroned 68.

Features Calixtus III, pope from 1455 to 1458. On 23 December 1457, Calixtus III declared Skanderbeg a Captain-General of the Curia in the war against the Ottomans.

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