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Benedict XI

noun

  1. Niccolò Boccasini, 1240–1304, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1303–04.


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There was some danger in supporting such an argument; also Benedict XI.

The quarrel was an unseemly one, and Benedict XI., in 1304, put an end to it by annulling the regulations of his predecessor.

Benedict XI., who succeeded him, did not attempt to prolong the contest; but peace without surrender was impossible.

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