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BONIFACE I

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 206 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BONIFACE I  ., bishop of Rome from 418 to 422 . At the
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death of Pope
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Zosimus, the
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Roman clergy were divided into two factions, one of which elected the deacon Eulalius, and the other the priest Boniface . The imperial government, in the interests of public order, commanded the two competitors to leave the
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town, reserving the decision of the case to a council . Eulalius having broken his
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ban, the emperor Honorius decided to recognize Boniface, and the council was countermanded . But the faction of Eulalius long continued to foment disorders, and the secular authority was compelled to intervene .

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