Pope Boniface VIII (born 1235)

Pope Boniface VIII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303

Pope Boniface VIII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 December 1294 until his death in 1303. The Caetani family was of baronial origin with connections to the papacy. He succeeded Pope Celestine V, who had abdicated from the papal throne.…