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Nicholas III

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Nicholas III

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Also known as Nicolaus III, Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, Pope Nicholas III

Pope from 1277 to 1280

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Nicholas III was a Pope who led the Catholic Church from 1277 to 1280. Though his papacy was relatively brief, he was an important medieval religious figure whose decisions during this period influenced the Church's direction in the late 13th century.

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Instance of
human
Given name
Nicolaus
Gender
male
Citizenship
Papal States
Place of birth
Rome
Place of death
Viterbo
Occupation
Catholic bishop
Position held
Pope
Religion
Catholic Church
Participant in
July 1276 papal conclave
Family
House of Orsini
Image
Scuola romana, affreschi del sancta sanctorum, 1280 ca., Niccolò III dona la chiesa ai ss. pietro e paolo 03 (cropped) (cropped).jpg
Work location
Papal States
Religious order
Benedictines
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Wikitólica
place of burial
Vatican Grotto
Commons category
Nicolaus III
date of death
1280-08-22
date of birth
1215-01-01
name in native language
Nicolaus PP. III
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relative
Francesco Napoleone Orsini
name
pape Nicolas III
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Pope Nicholas III (Latin: Nicolaus III; c. 1225 – 22 August 1280), born Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 November 1277 to his death on 22 August 1280.

He was a Roman nobleman who had served under eight popes, been made Cardinal-Deacon of St. Nicola in Carcere Tulliano by Pope Innocent IV (1243–1254), protector of the Franciscans by Pope Alexander IV (1254–1261), inquisitor-general by Pope Urban IV (1261–64), and succeeded Pope John XXI (1276–1277) after a six-month vacancy in the Holy See resolved in the papal election of 1277, largely through family influence.

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