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Pope Boniface III (Latin: Bonifatius III) was the bishop of Rome from 19 February 607 to his death on 12 November of the same year. [1] Despite his short pontificate, he made a significant contribution to the Catholic Church.
There have been eight popes and one antipope named Boniface. Pope Boniface I (r. 418–422) Pope Boniface II (530–532) Pope Boniface III (607) Pope Boniface IV (608–615) Pope Boniface V (619–625) Pope Boniface VI (896) Antipope Boniface VII (984–985) (now listed as an antipope) Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303) Pope Boniface IX (1389–1404)
Probably, according to the Liber Pontificalis and Liutprand of Cremona, the son of Pope Sergius III, and not of Alberic I of Spoleto, who was Marozia's husband. 126 3 January 936 – 13 July 939 (3 years, 191 days) Leo VII LEO Septimus: Rome, Papal States Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict ...
Established the papal conclave as the method of selection for a pope, imposing progressively stricter restrictions on cardinals the longer a conclave lasted to encourage a quick selection. 1278 (August 4) Vineam Sorec: Nicholas III: Ordering conversion sermons to Jews 1279 Exiit qui seminat: Confirming the rules of the Friar Minor [56] 1281 Ad ...
Boniface's eventual destiny is revealed to Dante by Pope Nicholas III, whom he meets in the eighth circle of hell. A bit later in the Inferno , Dante recalls the pontiff's feud with the Colonna family, which led him to demolish the city of Palestrina , killing 6,000 citizens and destroying both the home of Julius Caesar and a shrine to Mary .
Pope Boniface III issued a decree denouncing bribery in papal elections and forbidding discussion of candidates for three days after the funeral of the deceased pope; thereafter, Boniface III decreed that the clergy and the "sons of the Church", i.e. nobles, should meet to elect a successor, each voting according to their conscience. [13]
Based on a Robert Harris novel, the thriller "Conclave," starring Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, re-creates the secret process of electing a pope.
Pope Adrian III: 884 Canonised in 1891 by Pope Leo XIII [3] 3 Pope Agapetus I: 535 4 Pope Agatho: 678 5 Pope Alexander I: 107 6 Pope Anacletus: 79 7 Pope Anastasius I: 399 8 Pope Anicetus: 157 9 Pope Anterus: 235 10 Pope Benedict II: 684 11 Pope Boniface I: 418 12 Pope Boniface IV: 608 13 Pope Caius: 283 14 Pope Callixtus I: 218 15 Pope ...