Portrait of Pope Boniface VIII. Born c. 1230 in Anagni, Italy. Died 11 October 1303 in Rome, Italy. Copper engraving, and Woodcut by Giovanni Battista de'Cavalieri (1526-1597), 1587. Reasonable condition. Some faint staining in the lower part. Minor creasing along edges, mainly affecting the left margin. A few very small wormholes in the lower left corner of the margin (=not affecting the image by far). Verso: Italian text. Dimensions: 161 x 130 mm. Pope Boniface VIII was Pope, Ruler of the Papal States, Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere, Bishop of Rome, "Benedetto Caetani", Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, Formalized the Jubilee in 1300, and Issued Unam Sanctam (1302) which proclaimed papal supremacy and pushing it to its historical extreme.