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May 9, 2024 · Pope Boniface VIII declared the first Holy Year in 1300, and now they are held every 25 years. While Francis called an interim one devoted to mercy in 2015, the 2025 edition is the first big one since St. John Paul II’s 2000 Jubilee, when he ushered the Catholic Church into the third millennium.
5 days ago · Pope Boniface VIII's name can still be seen on one side of the seal, while the other side bore the faces of saints Peter and Paul. The seal would have been attached to a papal bull, a letter from the Pope, which in this case was probably addressed to Bishop Arne.
4 days ago · Pope Boniface VIII, Celestine’s successor, imprisoned the former pope out of fear that opponents to the resignation might try to install Celestine as an antipope. Celestine V died a prisoner ten months later. Peter of Morrone was canonized in 1313 and since 1327 has been buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio in L’Aquila. The ...
May 9, 2024 · Pope Boniface VIII reestablished the jubilee tradition in 1300 with a Christian focus on the forgiveness of sins. Holy Doors are a central part of any jubilee. These doors, found at St....
May 15, 2024 · He resigning five months later and was succeeded by Boniface VIII who would serve as pope from 1294–1303. The papacy of Boniface was relatively uneventful, but he did oversee the Peace of Caltabellotta in 1302, and to prepare for a crusade, ordered an end to the Venetian-Genoese war .
May 15, 2024 · Pope Boniface VIII declared the first Holy Year in 1300, and now they are held every 25 years. While Francis called an interim one devoted to mercy in 2015, the 2025 edition is the first big...
2 days ago · 4 Either Leo VIII or Benedict V may be considered an antipope. 5 A confusion in the numbering of popes named John after John XIV (reigned 983–984) resulted because some 11th-century historians mistakenly believed that there had been a pope named John between antipope Boniface VII and the true John XV (reigned 985–996).
