Pope Boniface VI
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| Boniface VI | |
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| Papacy began | April 896 |
| Papacy ended | April 896 |
| Predecessor | Formosus |
| Successor | Stephen VI |
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| Birth name | Bonifacio |
| Born | ??? Rome, Papal States |
| Died | April 896 ??? |
Boniface VI (Latin: Bonifatius PP. VI, Italian: Bonifacio VI), a native of Rome, was elected Pope in April 896[1] as a result of riots soon after the death of Pope Formosus. Prior to his reign, he had twice incurred a sentence of deprivation of orders as a subdeacon and as a priest.[2] After a pontificate of fifteen days, he is said by some to have died of the gout,[3][4] by others to have been forcibly ejected to make way for Stephen VI, the candidate of the Spoletan party.
At a synod in Rome held by John IX in 898, his election was pronounced null and void.[5]
References [edit]
- ^ Platina, Bartolomeo (1479), The Lives of the Popes From The Time Of Our Saviour Jesus Christ to the Accession of Gregory VII I, London: Griffith Farran & Co., p. 237, retrieved 2013-04-25.
- ^ Richard P. McBrien, Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to Benedict XVI, (HarperCollins, 2000), 146.
- ^ Richard P. McBrien, 146.
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"Pope Boniface VI". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. - ^ Richard P. McBrien, 146.
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Succeeded by Stephen VI |
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References [edit]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pope Boniface VI". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
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