Benedict XI

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

With the death of Pope Benedict XI the Catholic world has lost an unrivalled receptacle of theological knowledge, intellectualism and lived experience.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022

But even without disputing Catholic doctrine, Francis went further than before in critiquing the institutional church, promoting a more accessible, lay-centered Catholicism than his predecessor, Benedict XI.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2013

The Pope was reinstated, but died shortly afterward from brain fever; he was succeeded by Benedict XI, whom the King of France sought to placate, but unsuccessfully.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

The introduction of this day into the calendar is of comparatively recent date, it being established by Pope Benedict XI, in the year of our Lord 1305.

From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols

At this moment the long vacancy of the papacy, which followed the pontificate of Benedict XI.,

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William