Antipope Boniface VII

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Boniface VII (Franco Ferrucci, died July 20, 985), was an antipope (974, 984–985). He is supposed to have put Pope Benedict VI (973–974) to death. A popular tumult compelled him to flee to Constantinople in 974; he carried off a vast treasure, and returned in 984 and removed Pope John XIV (983–984) from office, who had been elected in his absence, by murder. After a brief rule from 984 to 985 he was assassinated.

Boniface VII was not yet considered an antipope when the next pope of that same regnal name was elected, so Boniface VIII is now viewed as theoretically the seventh Boniface.

See also: Pope John XV

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