1235 - 1303
Pope Boniface VIII Vatican Diplomat
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| First Name |
Boniface
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| Last Name |
VII
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1234
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| Birthplace |
Anagni, Papal States
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| Died |
11th October, 1303
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| Place of Death |
Rome, Papal States (aged c. 73)
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| Nationality |
Vatican
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| Occupation |
Diplomat
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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 Papal States from 24 December 1294 to his death in 1303. Caetani was of baronial origin with family connections to the papacy. He succeeded Pope Celestine V, a Benedictine, who had abdicated from the papal throne. Boniface spent his early career abroad in diplomatic roles. In the College of Cardinals, he discriminated not only against the Benedictines but also members of the Colonna family, some of whom had contested the validity of the 1294 papal conclave that elected him following the unusual abdication of Pope Celestine V. The dispute resulted in battles between troops of Boniface and his adversaries and the deliberate destruction and salting of the town of Palestrina, despite the pope's assurances that the surrendering city would be spared.
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