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    Pope Boniface VIII (Latin: Bonifatius PP. VIII; born Benedetto Caetani; c. 1230 – 11 October 1303) was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the...
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    between the papacy and the French crown, culminating in the death of Pope Boniface VIII after his arrest and maltreatment by Philip IV of France. Following...
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    of the powerful Colonna family. He is most famous for attacking Pope Boniface VIII and for crowning Louis IV of Germany as Holy Roman Emperor. The Colonna...
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  • soldiers whom Philip IV of France had sent to Italy to capture Pope Boniface VIII. He was born into the gens (clan) Bicske, which possessed landholdings...
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    legate first to Hungary, and then to France. He was with Pope Boniface VIII when Boniface was attacked by French forces at Anagni. He was beatified with...
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  • manifest. In Western Christianity, the tradition dates to 1300, when Pope Boniface VIII convoked a holy year, following which ordinary jubilees have generally...
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  • post-abdication captivity. Allegations blame his successor, Pope Boniface VIII. Boniface VIII (1294–1303), Was in conflict with Philip IV of France and allegedly...
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    Savelli. The successor to Celestine V was a Roman of the Caetani family, Boniface VIII. Entangled in a local feud against the traditional rivals of his family...
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    nearly all of his other official acts were annulled by his successor, Boniface VIII. On 13 December 1294, a week after issuing the decree, Celestine resigned...
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  • century, at the close of the thirteenth under Boniface VIII, and to the new St. Peter's on 21 October 1603. Boniface IV is commemorated as a saint in the Roman...
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  • may refer to: Pope Boniface VIII, born Benedetto Caetani (died 1303) Benedetto Caetani (died 1296), cardinal, nephew of Boniface VIII Benedict of Porto...
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    Unam sanctam (category Documents of Pope Boniface VIII)
    Unam sanctam is a papal bull that was issued by Pope Boniface VIII on 18 November 1302. It laid down dogmatic propositions on the unity of the Catholic...
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  • (619–625) Pope Boniface VI (896) Antipope Boniface VII (984–985) (now listed as an antipope) Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303) Pope Boniface IX (1389–1404)...
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    Guelphs (Dante's party) from Florence by the Black Guelphs, aided by Pope Boniface VIII, which marked the start of Dante's long exile from the city. These events...
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    Matteo, and Landolfo of their lands. The latter three appealed to Pope Boniface VIII, who ordered Jacopo to return the land, and furthermore hand over the...
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    Twining wrote of a tiara of Pope Boniface VIII that became known as the Tiara of Saint Sylvester: Under Boniface VIII (1294–1303) the hood of the regnum...
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    locals freed the pope. Boniface VIII died on 11 October 1303, and France would dominate his weaker successors for years. Boniface VIII was succeeded by Benedict...
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    Rome until the election of Benedetto Caetani to the papacy as Pope Boniface VIII in 1294, when they at once became the most notable in the city. The...
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  • IX placed at the end of the fifth Book of Decretals and 88 that Pope Boniface VIII placed in the final title of Liber Sextus Decretalium. These rules are...
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    with the quarrel between Philip IV and Pope Boniface VIII. In 1300 he was sent with an embassy to Boniface, of which he left a picturesque and highly coloured...
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    Caetani received the required two-thirds majority and took the name of Boniface VIII. Caetani's nephew, who was an eyewitness, says that Caetani was elected...
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    responsible for greatly enlarging and embellishing, and chaplain to Pope Boniface VIII, who made him Archbishop of Bordeaux in 1297. As Archbishop of Bordeaux...
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    Palace of the Popes in Anagni (category Pope Boniface VIII)
    Palace of the Popes in Anagni, sometimes called the Boniface VIII Palace (Palazzo Bonifacio VIII), is a building in the ancient hill town of Anagni in...
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  • of Boniface VIII, Dolcino produced a schedule of 4 popes: Celestine V Boniface VIII: ruin would fall on him and the king of the south Boniface's successor:...
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    Francesco Caetani, cardinal-nephew of Boniface VIII, demanded atonement for the outrage committed on the person of Boniface VIII by French Chancellor Nogaret at...
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    the Catholic Church in France, leading to a violent dispute with Pope Boniface VIII. The ensuing conflict saw the pope's residence at Anagni attacked in...
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    electoral disputes in Rome. The 1295 election of Pope Boniface VIII opened a path to peace, as Boniface was keen to resolve the Sicilian issue. Eager to strengthen...
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  • 1302). The final round of the War of the Sicilian Vespers in which pope Boniface VIII attempted to dislodge Frederick. Frederick's position was solidified...
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    over support for pope Boniface VIII. The white Guelphs, to which Dante belonged, favoured Florentine autonomy and opposed Boniface; their initial control...
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  • Benedict IX (1032–1044, 1045, 1047–1048), who "sold" the Papacy. Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303), who is lampooned in Dante's Divine Comedy. Pope Urban VI...
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