pope of the Catholic Church from 1389 to 1404
Boniface IX was the leader of the Catholic Church from 1389 until his death in 1404. He served during a turbulent period in church history when there were rival claims to the papacy, which created significant divisions within Christianity.
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Pope Boniface IX (Latin: Bonifatius IX; Italian: Bonifacio IX; c. 1350 – 1 October 1404, born Pietro Tomacelli Cybo) was head of the Catholic Church from 2 November 1389 to his death, in October 1404. He was the second Roman pope during the Western Schism. In this time, the Avignon claimants, Clement VII and Benedict XIII, maintained the Roman Curia in Avignon, under the protection of the French monarchy. He is the last pope to date to take on the pontifical name "Boniface".
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