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When was Calixtus III pope?

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Calixtus III   Callixtus III, or Callistus III, 1378-1458, pope (1455-58), a Spaniard (b. Játiva) named Alonso de Borja or, in Italian, Alfonso Borgia; successor of Nicholas V.

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