2007-01-08 06:23:08 · 7 answers · asked by Andre M 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Pope Callistus III
On the 25th of March, 1455, Nicholas V died, and Alfonso Borgia was elected (8 April) and assumed the name of Callistus III. As pope he was chiefly concerned with the organization of Christian Europe against the invasion of the Turks. Constantinople had been captured by Mohammed II (1453), and though Pope Nicholas V had made every effort nothing had been done to stay the victorious march of the forces of Islam. Already, as cardinal, Callistus had manifested a special interest in this work, and on his election he set himself to carry out the programme which he had already planned. Nuncios were dispatched to all the countries of Europe to beseech the princes to forget for a time their national jealousies and to join once more in a final effort to check the danger of a Turkish invasion. Missionaries were sent to England, France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, and Aragon to preach the Crusade, to secure volunteers for active service in the wars, to collect the taxes necessary for the support of those in the field, and to engage the prayers of the faithful for the success of the enterprise. It was by order of Callistus III that the bells were rung at midday to remind the faithful that they should pray for the welfare of the crusaders.
2007-01-08 06:25:31 · answer #1 · answered by Smiddy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
6 March 1447 to 24 March 1455 Nicholas V, O.P
8 April 1455 to 6 August 1458 Callixtus III
2007-01-08 06:27:06 · answer #2 · answered by novangelis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Callistus III (1455-58)
2007-01-08 06:28:47 · answer #3 · answered by Gods child 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-27 20:16:38 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to one story, first appearing in a posthumous biography in 1475 and later embellished and popularized by Pierre-Simon Laplace, Calixtus III excommunicated the 1456 apparition of Halley's Comet, believing it to be an ill omen for the Christian defenders of Belgrade, who were at that time being besieged by the armies of the Ottoman Empire. No known primary source supports the authenticity of this account. Calixtus III's papal bull of June 29, 1456, which called for public prayer for the success of the crusade, makes no mention of the comet, and by August 6, when the Turkish siege was broken, the comet had not been visible for several weeks.
2007-01-08 06:31:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nicholas V and Callixtus III
2007-01-08 06:27:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
any particular reason as to knowing the answer to this extremely pointless question.
2007-01-08 06:25:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋