Pope Boniface IV (c. 550 - 615), Pope from 608 until his death. Wood engraving, published in 1878. Saint Boniface receiving from Pope Gregory II in Rome the powers... Engraving representing Saint ...

Boniface was highly esteemed for his charitable and learned personality, which were clearly seen and lived through the service of his priestly duties. At the death of Pope Zosimus in 418, two ...

He ruled the Church—but some claimed he served a darker master. Boniface VIII’s life is one of power, scandal, and heresy.

Boniface VIII was Pope from 1294 to 1303. Boniface introduced the jubilee year. Illustration from 19th century.

A. L. Frothingham, Jr., Opening of the Tomb of Pope Boniface VIII in the Basilica of San Pietro in Vaticano in 1605, The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, Vol. 4, No ...

Rediscovering the joy of encountering Jesus Since 1300, when Pope Boniface VIII issued the first Jubilee Bull, millions of pilgrims have journeyed to Rome. Their outward pilgrimage symbolised an inner ...

Caetani subsequently became Celestine's successor as Pope Boniface VIII. In other words, it is 719 years since anything like a papal resignation has occurred, which makes it almost unprecedented.

True, the first thing that Pope Boniface VII did on being elected was to arrest his predecessor, the confused old "hermit" Celestine V, usually recalled as the last pope to "freely" resign office ...