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Boniface IX
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Boniface IX Originally Pietro Tomacelli. Died 1404.
Pope (1389-1404) whose papacy was marked by struggle against the Avignon antipopes.
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Precisely because the bianchi were orderly, carried no worrying ideological baggage, and lacked a charismatic leader like the earlier Venturino of Bergarno (1335), churchmen like Bishop Jacopo Fieschi of Genoa and, after some hesitation, Pope Boniface IX, embraced the movement and managed to reinforce the sacramental and miraculous elements of bianchi devotion.
The Bianchi of 1399: Popular Devotion in Late Medieval Italy by Peterson, David S. / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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