Antipope Boniface VII

Antipope Boniface VII (Franco Ferrucci, died July 20, 985), is an antipope (974, 984–985).

He is supposed to have put Pope Benedict VI to death.

A popular tumult compels him to flee to Constantinople in 974; he carries off a vast treasure, and returns in 984 and removes 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 dies under suspicious circumstances.

Boniface VII was not yet considered an antipope when the next pope of that same regnal name was elected.

No related events match the current filters.