Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Boniface VIII   Listen
Boniface VIII

noun
1.
Pope who declared that Catholic princes are subject to the pope in temporal as well as in theological matters (1235-1303).  Synonym: Benedetto Caetani.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar





"Boniface VIII" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the first distinction in modern Italy. They had been exceedingly powerful during the popedom of Boniface VIII., through the talents of the late Cardinal James Colonna, brother of the famous old Stefano, so well known to Petrarch, and whom he used to call a phoenix sprung up from the ashes of Rome. Their house ...
— The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch • Petrarch



Words linked to "Boniface VIII" :   Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pope, pontiff, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome



Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com