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Boniface VIII

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Boniface VIII Originally Benedetto Caetani. 1235?-1303.
Pope (1294-1303) who struggled to assert authority over England, France, and Sicily.
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Noun1.Boniface VIII - pope who declared that Catholic princes are subject to the pope in temporal as well as in theological matters (1235-1303)
Benedetto Caetani


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Pope Boniface VIII in 1294 argued with French King Philip IV over Philip's plan to tax the church to pay for the king's wars.
Of popes and power: in the middle ages, the Vatican reigned supreme by Boston, Rob / Church & State
In one circle of hell, Pope Boniface VIII and two recent Cardinals (Law and O'Connor) drool and and writhe, muttering perversions worthy of Sade as they wander among the bodies of some young new arrivals, preparing to molest their souls.
"SO LONG AGO I CAN'T REMEMBER" by Breidenbach, Tom / Artforum International
Arnald of Villanova complained that the hypochondriacal Boniface VIII (1294-1303) worried less about "the zeal for Christ and health of souls than about bodies.
Agostino Paravicini-Baglioni, The Pope's Body & Katherine Ludwig ... by WEINSTEIN, DONALD / Renaissance Quarterly
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