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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Callixtus III

1379 - 1458

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Pope Callixtus III (Italian: Callisto III, Valencian: Calixt III, Spanish: Calixto III; 31 December 1378 – 6 August 1458), born Alfonso de Borgia (Valencian: Alfons de Borja), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 April 1455 to his death, in August 1458. Borgia spent his early career as a professor of law at the University of Lleida; he later served as a diplomat for the kings of Aragon. He became a tutor for King Alfonso V's illegitimate son Ferdinand. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Callixtus III has received more than 648,265 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Pope Callixtus III is the 182nd most popular religious figure (down from 163rd in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Spain and the 10th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

Pope Callixtus III is most famous for being the pope who excommunicated King Henry VIII of England for divorcing Catherine of Aragon.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Callixtus III ranks 182 out of 2,238Before him are Isidore of Seville, Pope Gregory VIII, Pope Boniface IX, Bridget of Sweden, Pope Clement XIII, and Elizabeth of Hungary. After him are Ānanda, Pope Clement IX, Mani, Pope Urban III, Pope Leo III, and Pope Marcellus II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1379, Pope Callixtus III ranks 1After him are Henry III of Castile, Jerome of Prague, Zawisza Czarny, and Huitzilihuitl. Among people deceased in 1458, Pope Callixtus III ranks 1After him are Alfonso V of Aragon, Arthur III, Duke of Brittany, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Lazar Branković, John II of Cyprus, Basarab II of Wallachia, Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, and Fernão Lopes.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pope Callixtus III ranks 41 out of 2,932Before him are Philip III of Spain (1578), Montserrat Caballé (1933), Luis Buñuel (1900), Roland (736), Charles III of Spain (1716), and Isidore of Seville (560). After him are Arcadius (377), Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), El Cid (1045), Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476), Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), and Pedro Almodóvar (1949).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Pope Callixtus III ranks 10Before him are Maimonides (1138), Teresa of Ávila (1515), Saint Lawrence (225), Saint Dominic (1170), Francis Xavier (1506), and Isidore of Seville (560). After him are John of the Cross (1542), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), Vincent of Saragossa (300), Josemaría Escrivá (1902), Ibn Hazm (994), and Antipope Benedict XIII (1328).