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

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