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Benedict Xi, Blessed, Pope

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Reigned from October 22, 1303 to July 7, 1304. Born in 1240 Treviso, Italy as Niccolo Boccasini; died on July 7, 1304 in Perugia, Italy. When Master General of the Dominican Order he arranged an armistice between King Philip IV of France and King Edward I of England. Later he was made Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia, and defended Pope Boniface VIII against William of Nogaret and the Colonna faction. As pope he removed the papal censure from Philip and France, and absolved the cardinals favoring the Colonna. His death is believed to have occurred from poisoning by the agents of William of Nogaret. Beatified on April 24, 1736 by Pope Clement XII. Feast, July 7, at Rome and in the Dominican Order.

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Entry for 'Benedict Xi, Blessed, Pope'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​b/benedict-xi-blessed-pope.html. 1910.
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