The slap at Anagni
September 1303
Philip IV's agent Guillaume de Nogaret rode into Anagni with Sciarra Colonna and laid hands on the aged pope in his own chamber. Boniface was freed by townsmen but died a month later, broken in body and spirit. The papacy's claim to rule kings had been publicly assaulted and would not recover its former authority over secular monarchs.
In context
Also in 1303 (4 other events on record)
- Earthquake destroys the Pharos of Alexandria · Middle East · Disaster
- Mongol raid on Delhi repulsed at Siri · South Asia · War
- Siege of Chittor immortalized by Padmini legend · South Asia · War
- University of Rome founded by Boniface VIII · Europe · Culture
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.