Boniface IX
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In 1396, the Ottomans blockaded the city, but the pleas of the Byzantine emperor led Pope Boniface IX to call for a crusade to rescue the Greek Orthodox Christians from the Muslim Turks.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Pope Boniface IX: Basically, everything said about Pius, but turned up till your ears bleed.
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2013
Urban died in 1389, and the cardinals of his party supplied his place by Peter Tomacelli or Boniface IX.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
How was the illustrious John Wickliffe, professor of divinity in Oxford, treated by the church of Rome, during the reign of Boniface IX.
From Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries by Hogan, William
Being then summoned to Rome by order of Pope Boniface IX, as the best of all the architects of his time, he fortified and gave better form to the Castle of S. Angelo.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 02 (of 10), Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi by De Vere, Gaston du C.
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