See also:

• CALIXTUS, GEORG (1586-1656)
• CALIXTUS, or CALLISTUS

CALIXTUS III  . (c . 1378-1458), See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope from 1455 to 1458, was a Spaniard named See also:

• ALPHONSO

Alphonso de See also:

• BORGIA, CESARE
• BORGIA, FRANCIS (1510-1572)
• BORGIA, LUCREZIA (1480-1519)

Borgia, or Borja . A native of Xativa, he gained a See also:

• GREAT

great reputation as a jurist, becoming See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor at See also:

• LERIDA

Lerida; in 1429 he was made See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• VALENCIA
• VALENCIA, or VALENTIA

Valencia, and in 1444 a See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal, owing his promotion mainly to his See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close friendship with Alphonso V., See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon and See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily . Chosen pope in See also:

• APRIL

April 1455, he was very anxious to organize a crusade against the See also:

• TURKS

Turks, and having sold many of his possessions, succeeded in equipping a See also:

• FLEET

fleet . Neither the princes nor the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, however, were enthusiastic in this cause, and very little result came from the pope's exertions . During his papacy See also:

• CALIXTUS, GEORG (1586-1656)
• CALIXTUS, or CALLISTUS

Calixtus became involved in a See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel with his former friend, Alphonso of Aragon, now also king of See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, and after the king's See also:

• DEATH

death in See also:

• JUNE

June 1458 he refused to recognize his illegitimate son, See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand, as king of Naples, asserting that this See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom was a See also:

• FIEF

fief of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See . This pope was notorious for nepotism, and was responsible for introducing his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, Rodrigo Borgia, afterwards Pope See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander VI., to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . He died on the 6th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1458 . See A . Hauck's Realencyklopadie, See also:

• BAND

Band iii . (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1897) .