# Pope Nicholas III

> Giovanni Gaetano Orsini climbed through eight papacies before family pull delivered him the throne itself. He lasted three years, but Dante landed him headfirst in hell — simony, nepotism, the works — and the literary damnation stuck harder than anything he did in life.

*Pope from 1277 to 1280*

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

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1215
- **Died:** 1280-08-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 1225 into Roman nobility, Giovanni Gaetano Orsini spent decades moving through the papal machinery: Cardinal-Deacon under Innocent IV, protector of the Franciscans under Alexander IV, inquisitor-general under Urban IV. After a six-month vacancy following John XXI's death in 1277, family influence secured his election in November. He ruled the Papal States for less than three years, dying on 22 August 1280. What followed shaped his afterlife more than his reign: Dante placed him in the Inferno's eighth circle, buried upside-down among the simoniacs, and that poetic sentence became his enduring reputation.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 23.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

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

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Nicholas_III)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170859)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20Nicholas%20III)
- [نقولا الثالث](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%82%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB)
- [نيكولا التالت](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA)
- [Мікалай III (папа рымскі)](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_III_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96))
- [Мікалай III](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_III)
- [Николай III](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_III)
- [Nikolaz III](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaz_III)
- [Papa Nicolau III](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Nicolau_III)
- [Gáu-huòng Nicolaus 3-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Nicolaus_3-si%C3%A9)
- [Mikuláš III.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikul%C3%A1%C5%A1_III.)
- [Pave Nikolaus 3.](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Nikolaus_3.)
- [Nikolaus III. (Papst)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaus_III._(Papst))
- [Nicolaus III](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_III)
- [Πάπας Νικόλαος Γ΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%9D%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%84)
- [Nikolao la 3-a (papo)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolao_la_3-a_(papo))
- [Nicolás III](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_III)
- [Nikolas III.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolas_III.a)
- [پاپ نیکلاس سوم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Nikolaus III](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaus_III)
- [Nicolas III](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_III)
- [Pápa Nioclás III](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1pa_Niocl%C3%A1s_III)
- [Nicolao III, papa](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolao_III%2C_papa)
- [Kau-fòng Nicolaus 3-sṳ](https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kau-f%C3%B2ng_Nicolaus_3-s%E1%B9%B3)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Papa_Niccol%C3%B2_III)
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0_III)
- [Nicolaus III](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_III)
- [Pous Nicolaas III](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Nicolaas_III)

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