1299 Surrender of Palestrina to the papal army. It is razed to the ground.
1300 Plenary indulgence of Boniface.
1301 Boniface is prevented by the English parliament from interfering in the affairs of Scotland. Renewed quarrel with Philip over his imprisonment of the bishop of Pamiers. Charles of Valois is invited into Italy.
1302 Publication of the bull declaring that the church can have only one head.
1303 Philip burns a bull of excommunication issued by Boniface and refuses to acknowledge him as pope. Capture of Boniface by Guillaume de Nogaret. Death of Boniface. Niccolo Boccasini, Benedict XI. He attempts to conciliate France and the Colonna family.
1304 Benedict excommunicates those who take part in the capture of Boniface. Death of Benedict, probably by poison, at the hands of the French party.
THE “BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY” [1305-1378 A.D.]
1305 The influence of Philip the Fair in the College of Cardinals brings about the election of Bertrand d’Agoust, Clement V. The pope does not interfere in Philip’s persecution of the Templars.
1309 The pope removes his residence to Avignon, principally because of the strife between the Orsini and Colonnas, in Rome. He pronounces a fearful ban of excommunication against the Venetians, in a quarrel over the possession of Ferrara. The Venetians driven from Ferrara, which is annexed to the papal states.
1310 Revolt of Ferrara and its severe punishment by the papal government.