Benedetto Caetani

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Benedetto Caetani - pope who declared that Catholic princes are subject to the pope in temporal as well as in theological matters (1235-1303)

Boniface VIII

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Continued "Celestine V resigned in 1294, himself to a life of prayer, but history tells us that he was badgered into the decision by Benedetto Caetani who, when elected his successor as Boniface

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We have direct testimony concerning the attitudes of Boniface VIII (Benedetto Caetani, who reigned 1294-1303), the most notorious of 13th century popes.