Giovanni Gaetano Orsini

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Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, later Pope Nicholas III, was a 13th-century Italian pontiff from the powerful Orsini family who strengthened papal authority and influence in Rome and central Italy.

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Giovanni Gaetano Orsini canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 13th-century pope
Italian person
human
pope
approved rule of the Franciscan Order
birthDate c. 1210
birthPlace Papal States
Rome
burialPlace Basilica of Saint Peter
commissioned restoration of the Lateran Palace
works on the Vatican Palace
countryOfCitizenship Papal States
deathDate 1280-08-22
deathPlace Papal States
Soriano nel Cimino
electedPope 1277-11-25
era High Middle Ages
familyName Orsini
father Matteo Rosso Orsini
givenName Giovanni
honorificPrefix His Holiness
Pope
influenced Roman baronial politics
politics of the Papal States
issued bull Exiit qui seminat
knownFor conflict with Charles I of Anjou
favoring the Orsini family
increasing temporal power of the papacy
memberOf Orsini family
linked to: Orsini
nativeLanguage Italian
nobleFamily Orsini
ordinalNumber 188th pope
papacyEnd 1280-08-22
papacyStart 1277-12-26
papalName Nicholas III
patronOf Franciscan Order
positionHeld Cardinal
Cardinal Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere
Cardinal Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope
predecessor Pope John XXI
promoted interests of the Orsini family in Rome
regnalName Nicholas III
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Order of Friars Minor
restricted influence of Charles of Anjou in Italy
strengthened papal authority in Rome
papal authority in central Italy
successor Pope Martin IV

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Pope Nicholas III birthName Giovanni Gaetano Orsini
Nicholas III birthName Giovanni Gaetano Orsini
Niccolò III birthName Giovanni Gaetano Orsini