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.
Floruits: 1278 × 1280
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Transaction factoids (10) Relationship factoids (6) Title factoids (9)

Date	Short Summary	Role	Source
unavailable	Command to renounce rights in bishopric of Caithness	Addressor	2/152/2 (Cal. Papal Letters, i, 464-65)
unavailable	Confirmation of general privileges of the Cluniac Order	Grantor	2/153/8 (Pais. Reg., 301-4)
unavailable	Petition of the chapter of Glasgow	Addressee	2/150/2 (Glas. Reg., no. 231 )
13 Apr. 1278	Concession of a faculty to use privileges of previous popes	Addressor	2/150/1 (Newb. Reg., no. 242)
20 Apr. 1278	Confirmation of patronage of church of Smailholm (BWK)	Grantor	2/150/2 (Glas. Reg., no. 231 )
7 Jul. 1278	Concession to use privileges and indulgences	Grantor	2/150/3 (Inchaff. Chrs., no. 107)
23 Jan. 1279	Concession that the Cluniac order may receive teinds from uncultivated lands	Grantor	2/150/5 (Pais. Reg., 305-6)
23 Jan. 1279	Concession concerning promulgation of sentences against Cluniac Order	Grantor	2/150/4 (Pais. Reg., 304)
9 Mar. 1279	Command to persuade Richard, elect of Caithness to renounce all his right	Addressor	2/150/6 (Theiner, no. 270)
21 May 1280	Confirmation of election of William, bishop of St Andrews	Grantor	2/150/7 (Theiner, no. 276)

Date	Short Summary	Role	Source
13 Apr. 1278	Predecessor of Nicholas III, pope (d.1280) (Tenurial & lordship relationship)	object (relationship)	2/150/1 (Newb. Reg., no. 242)
7 Jul. 1278	Predecessor of Nicholas III, pope (d.1280) (Tenurial & lordship relationship)	object (relationship)	2/150/3 (Inchaff. Chrs., no. 107)
23 Jan. 1279	Predecessor of Nicholas III, pope (d.1280) (Tenurial & lordship relationship)	object (relationship)	2/150/5 (Pais. Reg., 305-6)
23 Jan. 1279	Predecessor of Nicholas III, pope (d.1280) (Tenurial & lordship relationship)	object (relationship)	2/150/4 (Pais. Reg., 304)
Sunday 18 Aug. 1280	Judge-delegate of Nicholas III, pope (d.1280)(Employment relationship)	object (relationship)	2/8/44 (Moray Reg., no. 127)
7 May 1286	Predecessor of Honorius IV, pope (d.1287) (Tenurial & lordship relationship)	subject (relationship)	2/153/8 (Pais. Reg., 301-4)

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