People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Nicholas III, pope (d.1280)

Biography
Kelly, Oxford Dictionary of Popes, 201-02: Nicholas was born Giovanni Gaetani Orsini at Rome around 1216 to Matteo Rosso, a senator and member of the Orsini family, and his wife, Perna Gaetana, of the noble house of the Gaetani. He was created cardinal-deacon of S. Niccolò in Carcere Tulliano. He was elected pope on 25 November 1277, at Viterbo; after a stroke, he died on 22 August 1280 at Soriano, near Viterbo. He is buried in the chapel of St Nicholas in St Peter's.
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Date Short Summary Source
13 Apr. 1278 pope 2/150/1 (Newb. Reg., no. 242)
20 Apr. 1278 pope 2/150/2 (Glas. Reg., no. 231 )
7 Jul. 1278 pope 2/150/3 (Inchaff. Chrs., no. 107)
23 Jan. 1279 pope 2/150/5 (Pais. Reg., 305-6)
23 Jan. 1279 pope 2/150/4 (Pais. Reg., 304)
9 Mar. 1279 pope 2/150/6 (Theiner, no. 270)
21 May 1280 pope 2/150/7 (Theiner, no. 276)
13 Apr. 1282 pope 2/152/2 (Cal. Papal Letters, i, 464-65)
7 May 1286 pope 2/153/8 (Pais. Reg., 301-4)