Boniface VIII
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noun
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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
This bull asserted papal claims of extreme character, not unworthy of Boniface VIII, and, in fact, revealed complete consciousness of renewed youth and vitality.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
Boniface VIII, in the bull Unam Sanctam, laid down in full force the doctrine of papal supremacy and independence.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
Colonna, the, 76; quarrel with Boniface VIII, 146; Pope Martin V, 220; custom in their palace, 277, 278.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
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