Boniface VIII

American

noun

Benedetto Caetani, c1235–1303, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1294–1303.

Boniface VIII British

noun

original name Benedict Caetano . ?1234–1303, pope (1294–1303)

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Instead, he was imprisoned by his successor, Boniface VIII, whom Dante placed in one of the lower circles of Hell.

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The next effort made in England to enforce enclosure upon nuns was the result of Boniface VIII’s Bull Periculoso.

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His quarrel with Boniface VIII. was now beginning.

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Yet the struggle continued till the bull of Martin IV. was withdrawn in 1298 by Boniface VIII., who in vain attempted to put an end to the quarrel which distracted the Church.

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So we have lived to see the day when the author of the above lines is represented as the herald of a party which has treated so shamefully the gentle successor of Boniface VIII.,

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