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Boniface III
noun
- pope a.d. 607.
Example Sentences
In 1055 the emperor went a second time to Italy, where his authority was threatened by Godfrey of Lorraine, who had married Beatrice, widow of Boniface III., margrave of Tuscany, and was ruling her vast estates.
Phocas confirmed the election of Boniface III., the next pope, after a year.
What the chroniclers remark is important, that Boniface III., the next to succeed St. Gregory, received a decree from Phocas, in which he solemnly declared that the See of the Roman Church was to be considered the head of Christendom.
Boniface III. was pope from the 15th of February to the 12th of November 606.
This temple is still standing, with little alteration, besides the loss of the old ornaments, being converted into a Christian church by Pope Boniface III.
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