# Pope Callixtus III

> A Spanish lawyer and diplomat who became pope at 77, best remembered not for theology but for ordering the retrial that cleared Joan of Arc's name — and for ringing church bells at noon to rally Europe against the Ottomans, a habit that stuck.

*Pope of the Catholic Church from 1455 to 1458 from the Borgia family*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-callixtus-iii

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Spain
- **Born:** 1379-01-08
- **Died:** 1458-08-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Alonso de Borja taught law at the University of Lleida before entering royal service as a diplomat for Aragon, tutoring the king's illegitimate son and smoothing over a rift between his patron and the papacy — work that earned him the bishopric of Valencia in return. Pope Eugene IV elevated him to cardinal in 1444, bringing him into the Roman Curia. Elected pope in April 1455, he took the name Callixtus III and spent his brief reign rallying Christendom against Ottoman advances; during the 1456 siege of Belgrade he ordered church bells rung at midday so the faithful would pray for the crusaders, a practice that survives as the Angelus. He also reopened the trial of Joan of Arc, leading to her posthumous vindication. His appointment of two nephews as cardinals raised eyebrows; one of them later reigned as Alexander VI. He died in August 1458, the last pope to choose the name Callixtus.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 65.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 5.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #226
- **Category rank:** #57

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Callixtus_III)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160369)
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- [كاليستوس التالت](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA)
- [Papa Calistu III](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Calistu_III)
- [Калікст III (папа рымскі)](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82_III_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96))
- [Калікст III](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82_III)
- [Каликст III](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82_III)
- [পোপ তৃতীয় ক্যালিক্সটাস](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA_%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8)
- [Kallistus III](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallistus_III)
- [Papa Kalist III](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Kalist_III)
- [Calixt III](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calixt_III)
- [Gáu-huòng Callistus 3-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Callistus_3-si%C3%A9)
- [Pave Callistus 3.](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Callistus_3.)
- [Calixt III. (Papst)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calixt_III._(Papst))
- [Calixtus III](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calixtus_III)
- [Πάπας Κάλλιστος Γ΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%84)
- [Kaliksto la 3-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliksto_la_3-a)
- [Calixto III](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calixto_III)
- [Calixtus III](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calixtus_III)
- [Kalisto III.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalisto_III.a)
- [پاپ کالیکتوس سوم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Calixtus III](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calixtus_III)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pope_Callixtus_III)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Papa_Callisto_III)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kalikst_III)
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82_III)
- [Kalixt III.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalixt_III.)

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