Nicholas III

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Pope
gptkbp:appointedCardinalBy gptkb:Robert_Kilwardby
gptkb:Benedetto_Caetani
gptkb:Girolamo_Masci
gptkb:Latino_Malabranca_Orsini
gptkb:Giacomo_Savelli
Bernard de Languissel
Gervais Jeancolet de Clinchamp
Hugh of Evesham
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Giovanni_Gaetano_Orsini
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St._Peter's_Basilica
gptkbp:coatOfArms Orsini family arms
gptkbp:diedIn 22 August 1280
gptkbp:elects 25 November 1277
gptkbp:family gptkb:Orsini_family
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nicholas III
gptkbp:knownFor Favoring his family (nepotism)
Reforming the administration of the Papal States
Issuing the papal bull Exiit qui seminat
Strengthening papal temporal power
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:notableEvent Mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy (Inferno, Canto XIX)
Mediated disputes between Charles of Anjou and the Holy Roman Empire
Buried in St. Peter's Basilica
Died suddenly at Soriano nel Cimino
Increased the number of cardinals from his own family
Involved in the Sicilian Vespers crisis
Ordered restoration of St. Peter's Basilica
Ordered restoration of Vatican Palace
Ordered restoration of the Lateran Palace
Patronized the arts and architecture in Rome
Promoted the interests of the Orsini family
Remembered for nepotism
Reorganized the government of the Papal States
Restricted the power of Charles of Anjou in Italy
Strengthened papal control over Rome
Issued Exiit qui seminat (regarding the Franciscans)
Opposed the influence of the French monarchy in Italy
gptkbp:numberInPapalOrder 188th pope
gptkbp:papacyEnd 22 August 1280
gptkbp:papacyStart 25 November 1277
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Rome
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Soriano_nel_Cimino
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_XXI
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Catholicism
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Martin_IV
gptkbp:родился c. 1216
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Russian_throne_(as_Karl_Emich_of_Leiningen)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6