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193rd Roman Pontiff
Boniface VIII
BONIFATIVS Octavus
Benedetto Caetani
193rd Successor of St Peter · 1294–1303 · Italy · b. Anagni, Papal States
1294
Elected
1303
Reign ended
9 years
Length
13th
Century
The Life
Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Incorporated Ubi periculum into the canon law (1298). Formalized the jubilee (1300). Issued the bull Unam sanctam (1302), proclaiming papal supremacy and pushing it to its highest historical extreme.
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