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Calixtus III

 
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–noun
(Alfonso de Borja or Alfonso Borgia), 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
Also, Callistus III.
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Ca·lix·tus III   (kə-lĭk'stəs)   
Pope (1455-1458) who tried unsuccessfully to set in motion a crusade to recapture Constantinople from the Turks and whose nepotism empowered the Borgia family in Italy.
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Calixtus III

antipope from 1168 to 1178, who reigned with the support of the Holy Roman emperor Frederick I Barbarossa.

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