Pope Boniface IX

Pope Boniface IX
Bishop of Rome
Contemporary bust located in Saint John Lateran, c. 1390-1410
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	2 November 1389
Papacy ended	1 October 1404
Predecessor	Urban VI
Successor	Innocent VII
Opposed to	Avignon claimants: Clement VII Benedict XIII
Orders
Consecration	9 November 1389 by Francesco Moricotti Prignani
Created cardinal	21 December 1381 by Urban VI
Personal details
Born	Pietro Cybo Tomacelli c. 1350 Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Died	1 October 1404(1404-10-01) (aged 53–54) Rome, Papal States
Previous post(s)	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro (1381–1385) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Anastasia (1385–1389) Archpriest of the Lateran Basilica (1388–1389)
Coat of arms
Other popes named Boniface

Papal styles of Pope Boniface IX
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Holy Father
Posthumous style	None

Pope Boniface IX (Latin: Bonifatius IX; Italian: Bonifacio IX; c. 1350 – 1 October 1404, born Pietro Tomacelli^[1]) was head of the Catholic Church from 2 November 1389 to his death, in October 1404. He was the second Roman pope of the Western Schism.^[2] During this time the Avignon claimants, Clement VII and Benedict XIII, maintained the Roman Curia in Avignon, under the protection of the French monarchy. He is the last pope to date to take on the pontifical name "Boniface".