Definition of Calixtus III

1. Noun. Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Calixtus III

California virus
California whipsnake
California white fir
California white oak
California wine
California yellow bells
California yew
Californian
Californians
Californio
Californios
Caligula
Caligulan
Caliphate State
Calippic
Calixtus III (current term)
Calkins' sign
Call-Exner bodies
Calla
Calla palustris
Callaghan
Callahan's method
Callander's amputation
Callas
Callicebus
Callie
Callimorpha
Callimorpha jacobeae
Callinectes
Callinectes sapidus

Literary usage of Calixtus III

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor (1906)
"Calixtus III. disapproved of the Cardinal's severity, and recommended, for the sake of avoiding scandal, that the matter should be amicably adjusted. ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"On the death of Pope Nicholas, the papal chair was filled by a Spaniard, Calixtus III (March, 1455), who seemed to have no less burning zeal for the holy ..."

3. The Age of the Renascence: An Outline Sketch of the History of the Papacy by Paul Van Dyke (1897)
"The Spaniard, Alfonso Borgia, seventy- seven years old, a learned canonist, took the title of Calixtus III.; and the Vatican became at once the hospital of ..."

4. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White (1896)
"... Calixtus III, though a man of more than ordinary ability, was saturated with the ideas of his time. Alarmed at this monster, if we are to believe the ..."

5. A History of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom v. 2 by Andrew Dickson White (1901)
"The Pope of that period, Calixtus III, though a man of more than ordinary ability, was saturated with the ideas of his time. Alarmed at this monster, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Calixtus III on Dictionary.com!Search for Calixtus III on Thesaurus.com!Search for Calixtus III on Google!Search for Calixtus III on Wikipedia!

Search