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Alexander III.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Pope, successor to Adrian IV., an able man, whose election Barbarossa at first opposed, but finally assented to; took the part of Thomas à Becket against Henry II. and canonised him, as also St. Bernard. Pope from 1159 to 1181.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Alexander III.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/alexander-iii.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.