Pope Boniface VIII De Agostini/Getty Images. BORN AS: Benedetto Caetani in Rome, circa 1235. TIME IN POWER: 1294-1303. WHAT HE DID: With his “my way or the highway” approach to the papacy, ...

On September 7, 1303 an army surprised Boniface, The King demanded he resign, to which Boniface VIII responded he would ‘sooner die’. Boniface was beaten badly and nearly executed. He died a ...

Pope Boniface IX: Basically, everything said about Pius, but turned up till your ears bleed. It would be a gutsy man who took up the name of Boniface after Dante cast the imperious Boniface VIII ...

Because of the antipopes, there are 21 Johns, but no Pope John XX, and eight Bonifaces but no Pope Boniface VII. John and Gregory are the most common names among the popes.

Pope Leo XIV says he chose the name in honor of Leo XIII, ... Because of the antipopes, there are 21 Johns, but no Pope John XX, and eight Bonifaces but no Pope Boniface VII.

Pope Boniface VIII De Agostini/Getty Images. BORN AS: Benedetto Caetani in Rome, circa 1235. TIME IN POWER: 1294-1303. WHAT HE DID: With his “my way or the highway” approach to the papacy, ...

Pope Boniface VIII De Agostini/Getty Images. BORN AS: Benedetto Caetani in Rome, circa 1235. TIME IN POWER: 1294-1303. WHAT HE DID: With his “my way or the highway” approach to the papacy, ...