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Alexander III.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Pope, successor to Adrian IV., an able man, whose election Barbarossa at first opposed, but finally assented to; took the part of Thomas à Becket against Henry II. and canonised him, as also St. Bernard. Pope from 1159 to 1181.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Alexander III.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/alexander-iii.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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