Boniface VIII

American  

noun

1. Benedetto Caetani, c1235–1303, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1294–1303.

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Boniface VIII British  

noun

1. original name Benedict Caetano . ?1234–1303, pope (1294–1303)

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Example Sentences

Instead, he was imprisoned by his successor, Boniface VIII, whom Dante placed in one of the lower circles of Hell.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 14, 2015

The Emperor Henry IV knelt penitentially in the snows of Canossa before Pope Gregory VII; France's King Philip the Fair, a few centuries later, made a virtual prisoner of Boniface VIII.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the close of the thirteenth century they were arrayed against Boniface VIII, the Pope, who accused them of crime, while they disputed the validity of his election to the holy office.

From Italy, the Magic Land by Whiting, Lilian

During the bitter persecution raised against his family by Boniface VIII.,

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

An examination of the so-called Bull with regard to chemistry, it is really only a decree, shows even less reason for the slander of Pope John XXII. than of Boniface VIII.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)