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- Boniface excommunicated Philip and all others who prevented French clergy from traveling to the Holy See, after which the king sent his troops to attack the pope's residence in Anagni on 7 September 1303 and capture him. Boniface was held for three days, was beaten badly, and died a month afterwards.
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Feb 21, 2019 · A power-mad dictator sends agents to kidnap the pope, plunder his palace and force him to resign in disgrace on trumped-up charges. That may sound like the plot line of a contemporary action...
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First Scottish War of Independence. After King Edward I of England invaded Scotland and forced the abdication of the Scottish King John Balliol, the deposed king was released into the custody of Pope Boniface on condition that he remain at a papal residence.
Apr 18, 2024 · Boniface VIII (born c. 1235—died October 11, 1303, Rome [Italy]) was the pope from 1294 to 1303, the extent of whose authority was vigorously challenged by the emergent powerful monarchs of western Europe, especially Philip IV of France.
Sep 7, 2017 · An army, representing King Philip IV of France and the anti-papal Colonna family, entered Anagni in Lazio and captured Pope Boniface VIII inside his own palace on this day in 1303. The Pope was kept in custody for three days and was physically ill-treated by his captors until the local people rose up against the invaders and rescued him.
The Pope was released from captivity after three days but died a month later, on October 11, 1303. No subsequent Popes were to repeat Boniface VIII's claims of political supremacy. Boniface VIII was buried in St. Peter's Basilica in a grandiose tomb that he had designed himself.
BONIFACE VIII, POPE Pontificate: Dec. 24, 1294, to Oct. 11, 1303; b. Benedict Gaetani, Anagni, c. 1235; d. Rome. His reign is remembered especially for the fierce conflict of Church and State between the papacy and the French monarchy that broke out in 1296. Boniface has been accused of committing the papacy to novel and extravagant claims in ...
Legacy. The violent attack on Boniface VIII marks the first open rejection of papal spiritual dominance by the rising national monarchies of the West and, above all, by France. Boniface’s assertions of papal plenitude of power did not go beyond those of his predecessors in the 13th century.
