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5 days ago · Pope Gregory IX in 1230 confirmed to the abbot and convent the church of Luddenham and all possessions and liberties granted to them by kings, bishops, and others; and this was confirmed by Pope Boniface IX in 1401.
4 days ago · The history of the Order dates to 1396, when Boniface IX proclaimed a crusade against the Ottomans. A campaign was organized to liberate Bulgaria from the Turks, save Constantinople, and put a halt to the Ottoman expansion.
1 day ago · St. Bridget died in Rome on July 23, 1373. She was proclaimed a saint by Pope Boniface IX in 1391. “True wisdom, then, consists in works, not in great talents, which the world admires; for the wise in the world’s estimation . . . are the foolish who set at naught the will of God, and know not how to control their passions.” –Saint ...
3 days ago · Pope Siricius (384–399) claimed for papal decretals the same binding force as decisions of synods, Pope Innocent I (401–417) said that all major judicial cases should be reserved for the see of Rome, and Pope Boniface I (418–422) declared that the church of Rome stands to "the churches throughout the world as the head to its members" and ...
21 hours ago · Philip sent royal representatives to Italy to “secure the peace and unity of the church.” In the Autumn of 1303, French troops and Italian allies seized the 86-year-old Pope, who died a month later. Following the death of Boniface’s short-lived predecessor, the Gascon Clement V was elected Pope.
5 days ago · Pope is the title, since about the 9th century, of the bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The pope is regarded as the successor of St. Peter and has supreme power of jurisdiction over the Catholic Church in matters of faith and morals, as well as in church discipline and government.
3 days ago · In 1391 Pope Boniface IX wrote to the prior of Coventry requiring him to confirm the election of Rose de Everingham. The like confirmation was to be made so long as the schism lasted, the abbess of Fontevrault, to whom the confirmation belonged of right, being an adherent of the antipope.
