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

Pope Boniface VIII, requested specimens of skill from various artists with the view to the appointment of a painter to decorate St Peter's.

From The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art by Tytler, Sarah

At Philip's command he reluctantly undertook a sort of trial of the deceased Boniface VIII, who was accused by the king's lawyers of all sorts of abominable crimes.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

The quarrel between Philip the Fair of France and Pope Boniface VIII, concerning the taxation of the clergy, and the right of nomination to vacant bishoprics within the dominions of Philip, had far-reaching effects.

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