It turns out Boniface VIII’s was even worse than previously described (1294-1303).

It turns out Boniface VIII’s was even worse than previously described (1294-1303).

The same Bisexual Boniface VIII who declared papal supremacy, also took Male Lovers and Had a Threesome with a Mother and Daughter!

His male lovers even fought over him in public!

The bisexual Boniface liked to seduce young boys, allegedly declaring that sodomy “was no more a sin than rubbing your hands together.” Two of his male lovers publicly quarrelled on the streets of Rome, fighting over which one the pope loved more and who received the finer gifts. That’s right, the pope spoiled his gay lovers while running up church debt. How Catholic of him!

Most importantly, his lovers argued over which one of them had the right to call himself “the Pope’s whore.”

Boniface VIII’s papacy was so brutal and scandalous that it was immortalized in classic literature.

Recall how Boniface took power!

In 1294, he badgered his predecessor, the morally infallible Celestine V, into resigning; after his election, Boniface threw Celestine into prison, where he died less than a year later. Known for his volatile temper, Boniface bullied Rome and the powers of Europe into acknowledging his authority in both religious and secular matters. If they refused to comply, he burned their cities to the ground.

Recall the Boniface legacy!

Boniface invoked the Papal bull of 1302, declaring Unam sanctam, or papal supremacy, demanding every living being pay him taxes. He essentially declared himself lord of the world. This is what cemented his downfall.

After Boniface’s death in 1303, the result of a kidnapping and beating by his enemies, his name endured for his appearance in Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy. As shocking as the pope’s sexual escapades were to medieval society, the author condemned him to the eighth circle of Hell for simony.

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