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Boniface IX

Birthdate:

Born Pietro Tomacelli in Naples, Italy c.1350.

Death:

October 1, 1404.

Background:

His family were aristocratic but impoverished.

Occupation:

Cardinal priest.

Marriage:

The tradition is that he dispensed himself from celibacy in order to marry.

Selected 207th Pope:

November 2, 1389.

Notes:

Boniface was accused of shameless nepotism and simony.
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