Pope Boniface I

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Pope Boniface I was a 5th-century Bishop of Rome known for navigating a contested papal election and asserting Roman primacy in church governance.

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Pope Boniface I canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 5th-century pope
Bishop of Rome
Christian cleric
Pope
assertedAuthorityOver African Church
Gallic bishops
associatedWith Roman Curia
birthPlace Rome
burialPlace Cemetery of Maximus on the Via Salaria
centuryOfActivity 5th century
church Roman Church
surface form: Church of Rome
countryOfCitizenship Western Roman Empire
deathDate 422
deathPlace Rome
diocese Diocese of Rome
electionDispute double papal election of 418
era Late Antiquity
father Jocundus
feastDay 4 September
gender male
honorificTitle Saint
inConflictWith Eulalius
interactedWith Honorius
surface form: Emperor Honorius
issuedDocumentOn appeals to Rome in ecclesiastical disputes
languageOfCorrespondence Latin
notableFor assertion of Roman primacy in church governance
contested papal election of 418
papacyEnd 422
papacyStart 418
positionHeld Pope
surface form: Bishop of Rome

Pope
predecessor Pope Zosimus
recognizedBy Honorius
surface form: Emperor Honorius
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity
residence Lateran complex
surface form: Lateran Palace
seeAlso Eulalius (antipope)
History of the Papacy
Papal primacy
successor Pope Celestine I
supportedBy African bishops
majority of Roman clergy
theologicalContext post-Pelagian controversy era
title Pope Boniface I self-link
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

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Pope Zosimus successor Pope Boniface I
Pope Celestine I predecessor Pope Boniface I
Pope Boniface I title Pope Boniface I self-link