# Pope Boniface VIII — The Divine Comedy character guide

> Pope Boniface VIII in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Boniface VIII, Boniface, Pope Boniface, the Pope

**First appearance:** 0021-canto-xix

## Who they are

Corrupt pope condemned in Hell for simony.

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