Pope Nicholas III, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Pope from 1277 to 1280
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1215
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Date of Death: 29-Aug-1280
Profession: Catholic priest, cleric
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Pope Nicholas III
- Pope Nicholas III (Latin: Nicolaus III; c.
- 1225 – 22 August 1280), born Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, was Pope from 25 November 1277 to his death in 1280. He was a Roman nobleman who had served under eight popes, been made Cardinal-Deacon of St.
- Nicola in Carcere Tulliano by Pope Innocent IV (1243–54), protector of the Franciscans by Pope Alexander IV (1254–61), inquisitor-general by Pope Urban IV (1261–64), and succeeded Pope John XXI (1276–77) after a six-month vacancy in the Holy See resolved in the papal election of 1277, largely through family influence.
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