BONIFACE VIII

born c. 1235, 40, Anagni, Papal States died Oct. 11, 1303, Rome original name Benedict Caetani pope from 1294 to 1303, the extent of whose authority was vigorously challenged by the emergent powerful monarchies of western Europe, especially France. Among the lasting achievements of his pontificate were the publication of the third part of the Corpus Juris Canonici, the Liber Sextus, and the institution of the Jubilee of 1300, the first Holy Year. Additional reading An excellent biography is T.S.R. Boase, Boniface VIII (1933). The following studies are concerned specifically with Boniface's quarrel with the French king Philip IV: A.F.J.P.M. de Lvis-Mirepoix, Le Conflit entre la Papaut et le roi de France, 7 Septembre 1303 (1969); J. Rivire, Le Problme de l'glise et de l'tat au temps de Philippe le Bel (1926); and C.T. Wood, Philip the Fair and Boniface VIII (1967). Boniface's correspondence and promulgations may be studied in Les Registres de Boniface VIII, ed. by G.A.L. Digard et al., 4 vol. (18841939).