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Pope Boniface V

Pope Boniface V

?–625 CE · Naples

Boniface V, a Neapolitan, devoted much of his pontificate to the young Church in Anglo-Saxon England, corresponding warmly with King Edwin of Northumbria, his queen Aethelburh, and the missionaries—letters preserved by the Venerable Bede that are among the chief records of his reign. He is credited with affirming the right of churches to serve as places of sanctuary and with reforms regarding clerical roles in ecclesiastical functions. Generous to the poor, he completed the cemetery of San Nicomede. His engagement with distant England illustrates the papacy's growing role as a center binding the western Churches together.

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NaplesנאפוליItaly

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Don Isaac Abarbanel's residence after fleeing Spain; major Italian-Sephardi hub.

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Pope Severinus, Pope Honorius I

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