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The start of the political downfall of the Directory is usually dated from 18 June 1799, (< span lang =" fr "> 30 Prairial Year VII </ span > by the French Republican calendar ) when < span lang =" fr "> Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès </ span > with the help of < span lang =" fr "> Paul Barras </ span > successfully rid himself of the other then-sitting directors.
Boniface and VII
When Otto II sent an imperial representative, Count Sicco, to secure his release, Crescentius I and Cardinal-Deacon Franco Ferrucci, who would subsequently become Boniface VII, an antipope, had Benedict murdered while still in prison.
He succeeded to the papacy as a compromise candidate to replace antipope Boniface VII ( 974, 984 – 985 ).
Boniface VII was not yet considered an antipope when the next pope of that same regal name was elected.
He was the Imperial faction candidate, while Franco ( late Boniface VII ) was the proposed candidate for the National party.
After Pope Benedict VI was murdered, Franco elevated to the papacy throne and took the name Boniface VII.
As riots and chaos ensued, Boniface VII took refuge in Castel Sant ’ Angelo where he robbed the treasury of the Vatican Basilica and fled to Byzantine territory in southern Italy.
Boniface VII is described as a monster by contemporaries, who stated that he was stained by the blood of Benedict VI.
The events of this period in Rome are unfortunately only known to us through the insufficient notices, and we are barely aware of the rise of Boniface VII before we hear of his overthrow.
Benedict VII was elected pope in October 974 with the approval of Sicco and supposedly even the Crescentii family who behind the initial rebellion that put Boniface VII into power.
After a reign spanning eleven years, in which he overthrew two popes, allowing both to die in Castel Sant ’ Angelo, Boniface VII was finally dead.
Due to the lack of information on this whole time period in Roman history, there has not been much further research on Antipope Boniface VII.
The Antipope Boniface VII, who had spend nine years in exile in the Byzantine Empire, joined forces with Byzantine nobles in southern Italy and marched on Rome in April 984 in order to claim the papal throne for himself.
With the aid of the sons of Crescentius the Elder, Crescentius II and John Crescentius, Boniface VII was about to imprison John XIV in the Tomb of Hardian.
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