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194th Roman Pontiff
Bl. Benedict XI
BENEDICTVS Undecimus
Niccolò Boccasini, O.P.
194th Successor of St Peter · 1303–1304 · Italy · b. Treviso, Papal States
1303
Elected
1304
Reign ended
1 year
Length
14th
Century
The Life
Motto: Illustra faciem Tuam super servum Tuum ("Let Your face shine upon Your servant") Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Member of the Dominican Order. Reverted Boniface VIII's Unam sanctam.
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