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| | Biography Pope Boniface VIII The Papal Library |
 | | He was successively canon of Todi, of Paris, of Lyons, and the Vatican Basilica, consistorial advocate, and apostolical prothonotary. |
 | | After these many signal services Cardinal Gaetani was unanimously elected pope on the 24th of December, 1294, at Castel Nuovo, near the city of Naples, where the cardinals were assembled in conclave. |
 | | After accepting the pontificate on the 2nd of January, 1295, he, in company with Charles II, King of Sicily, and Charle Martel, his son, King of Hungary, set out for Rome, where he was consecrated and crowned by Cardinal Matthew Roar Orsini, the first deacon, on the 16th of the month of January. |
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