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67th Roman Pontiff
St Boniface IV
BONIFACIVS Quartus
Bonifacius, O.S.B.
67th Successor of St Peter · 608–615 · Rome · b. Marsica, Eastern Roman Empire
608
Elected
615
Reign ended
7 years
Length
7th
Century
The Life
Subject of the (Ostrogothic) Kingdom of Italy, later a (Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Roman ethnicity. Feast day 8 May. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. First pope to bear the same name as his immediate predecessor.
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