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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Calixtus III, Pope
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Also spelled Calixtus III. Reigned from April 8, 1455 to August 6, 1458. Born on December 31, 1378 at XÃ tiva, Valencia, Spain as Alphonso de Borgia; died on August 6, 1458 at Rome, Italy. He was Bishop of Valencia, then cardinal. As pope he organized Christian Europe against the Turks who were defeated at Belgrade in 1456. He revised the trial of Saint Joan of Arc and had her innocence proclaimed.
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Entry for 'Calixtus III, Pope'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​c/calixtus-iii-pope.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Calixtus III, Pope'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​c/calixtus-iii-pope.html. 1910.