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- Stephen VI tried and had mutilated the dead body of a predecessor, with the late Pope present at trial. During the ninth century, the office of the papacy was disputed, for political reasons, by powerful factions and families in Italy.
- Pope John XII was so worldly that his residence was referred to as a brothel. Albeit many of the accusations of less than moral behavior on the part of John XII came from a political enemy, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I, they were supported by priests and bishops within the Vatican.
- Benedict IX sold the papacy and then reacquired it, the only man to be Pope more than once. It took bribery on the part of his father for Benedict IX to ascend to the Throne of Saint Peter, despite his well established reputation as a womanizer, irredeemably aligned with worldly pleasures.
- According to Dante, Pope Boniface VIII can be found in the eighth circle of hell. As Dante and Virgil make their way through the circles of hell on their journey recorded in the epic poem, The Inferno, they encounter Pope Boniface VIII, whose papacy lasted nine years, ending in the year 1303.
Pope Boniface VIII is a main character played by Jim Carter in the History Channel television show Knightfall. Boniface is portrayed as a warm and avuncular man and a seasoned politician, who acts as a stabilizing, incorruptible force within a corrupt medieval world.
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Pope Boniface VIII went down in history as one of the most controversial popes of all time. His conflicts with the state, particularly the French King Philip IV, led to a posthumous trial against him for heresy. Here, we delve into the events that laid the groundwork for his trial, the accusations levied against him.
Political corruption (fifth ditch), the crime for which Dante himself was falsely charged when he was forced into exile, links back to similar abuses within the church (simony) and points ahead to the sin of hypocrisy.
Feb 5, 2021 · Along with his charges of corruption, Dante was fined 5,000 florins, banished from Florence for two years and barred from seeking office in the city for the rest of his life.
The clash between Pope Boniface VIII and the King Philip IV of France would lead to a consequential geopolitical question: where did the epicentre of supreme political authority lie in Medieval Latin Christendom?
