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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.

Boniface VIII
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(Biographies / Boniface VIII (?1234-1303) M, Italian, RELIGION: pope) original name Benedict Caetano. ?1234-1303, pope (1294-1303)
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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)


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Here he contributes to the growing body of primary texts available about the controversies between Philip IV of France and Pope Boniface VIII in 1296-1303, by offering an edition, in Latin with his English translation on facing pages, of the only political tract penned by James (1255-1307), the Archbishop of Naples.
prominent collectors included Pope Boniface VIII and Louis XIV of France - and grew in popularity throughout the following decades.
Maupassant says that Louis IX (1214-1270) was a saint (Pope Boniface VIII canonized him in 1297).
 
 
 
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