Boniface VIIIIn existographies, Boniface VIII (c.1230-1303) was pope, from 1294 to 1303, of the Roman empire, noted for []

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In 1330, Dante Alighieri, in his Divine Comedy, placed Boniface in the eight circle of hell.

In c.1564, Francois Rabelais, in his Gargantua and Pantagruel, lists the inhabitants of hell, stating that therein Boniface was found “skimming the scum off soup pots”.

Quotes | On
The following are quotes on Boniface VIII:

“Just look at the popes (Julius III, Leo X) who themselves mocked their dignity and the other (Boniface VIII) who said, joking with his friends, ‘Ah! How rich we are from this fable of Christ!’”
— Jean Meslier (1729), Testament (pg. 39) [1]

Quotes | By
The following are quotes by Boniface VIII:

“The sums of money which the fable of Christ has produced the priests are incalculable.”
— Boniface VIII (c.1290) [2]

“Fornication is one of the most beautiful laws of nature.”
— Boniface VIII (c.1290) [2]

“The host is a piece of bread to which I pay no respect. There is no Jesus Christ in the eucharist.”
— Boniface VIII (c.1290) [2]

“Men have souls like those of beasts, the one are as much immortal as the other.”
— Boniface VIII (c.1290) [2]

“The Gospel teaches more falsehoods than truths; the delivery of the Virgin is absurd; the incarnation of the son of god is ridiculous; the dogma of transubstantiation is a folly.”
— Boniface VIII (c.1290) [2]

“Religions are created by the ambitious to deceive men.”
— Boniface VIII (c.1290) [2]

“It is no greater sin to abandon one's self to pleasure with a young girl or boy than to rub one's hands together.”
— Boniface VIII (c.1290) [2]

References
1. Meslier, Jean. (1729). Testament: Memoir of the Thoughts and Sentiments of Jean Meslier (translator: Michael Shreve; preface: Michel Onfray). Prometheus Books.
2. (a) Villani, John. (c.1310). Publication. Publisher.
(b) Hallam, Henry. (1856). View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages (ch. 7, pg. 304). Harper & Brothers.
(c) Thompson, Richard W. (1876). The Papacy and the Civil Power (pgs. 223-33) (Ѻ). Harper & Bros.

External links
● Pope Boniface VIII – Wikipedia.