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Boniface VIII

Also known as Pope Boniface VIII, Benedict Caetani, Bonifacius PP. VIII, Bonifatius VIII. Papa, Bonifacio VIII, Benedetto Gaetani, Benedetto Gaetano, Benedictus Caetani

pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303

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Boniface VIII, born Benedetto Caetani in 1235, was a male Catholic priest, writer, and Pope from the House of Caetani. He served as a cardinal and cardinal-deacon before becoming Pope, with his work location in Rome and the Papal States. Educated at the University of Bologna, he spoke and wrote in Latin and Italian. His religious affiliation was the Catholic Church, and he was consecrated by Hugh Aycelin.

Boniface VIII died on October 11, 1303, with poison listed as the cause of death. He is buried in the Vatican Grotto. As a writer, he is associated with works such as *Liber sextus decretalium cum Clementinis* and *Reuelationes sancte Birgitte*. He is also present in the work *The Decameron*.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1235 ca.
Died: 1303
Works: 10

Top works

Reuelationes sancte Birgitte
Liber sextus decretalium cum Clementinis
Liber sextus Decretalium . Add : Johannes Andreae
Due Minute di Lettere
Liber sextus decretalium cum Clementinis et extravegantibus

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Origin: Cagliari
Active from: 2010

Discography

Drakon2014
Decathexis2016

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Development, cytokine profile and function of human interleukin 17–producing helper T cells
· 2007 · cited 1,628x
Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial
· 2021 · cited 1,539x
RAS–RAF–MEK-dependent oxidative cell death involving voltage-dependent anion channels
· 2007 · cited 1,483x
LIGAND RECOGNITION BY αβ T CELL RECEPTORS
· 1998 · cited 759x
The sunflower genome provides insights into oil metabolism, flowering and Asterid evolution
· 2017 · cited 721x

via Crossref · CC0

Works in European collections

26 objects attributed to Boniface VIII, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Pope Boniface VIII (Latin: Bonifacius PP. VIII, Italian: Bonifacio VIII; born Benedetto Caetani; c. 1230 – 11 October 1303) was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 24 December 1294 until his death in 1303. The Caetani family was of baronial origin with connections to the papacy. He succeeded Pope Celestine V, who had abdicated from the papal throne. Boniface spent his early pontificate abroad in diplomatic roles.

Boniface VIII put forward some of the strongest claims of any pope to temporal as well as spiritual power. He involved himself often with foreign affairs, including in France, Sicily, Italy, and the First War of Scottish Independence. These views, and his chronic intervention in temporal affairs, led to many bitter quarrels with Albert I of Germany, Philip IV of France, and later Dante Alighieri, who expected the pope to soon arrive at the eighth circle of Hell in his Divine Comedy, among the simoniacs.

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Boniface VIII