Pope Boniface VIII Timeline of Events

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Pope Boniface VIII

Pope Boniface VIII , born Benedetto Gaetani, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303. Today, Boniface VIII is probably best remembered for his feuds with Dante, who placed him in the Eighth circle of Hell in his Divina Commedia, among the Simonists.- Biography :Gaetani was born in 1235 in Anagni, c. 50 kilometres southeast of Rome...

Timeline of Events

1294

12.24.1294

Pope Boniface VIII is elected Pope, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.

1302

11.18.1302

Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull ''Unam sanctam'' (One Faith).

1303

4.20.1303

The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.