Boniface VIII was a ruthless power-hungry pope who fought with King Philip IV of France and even exiled the poet Dante Alighieri, who later placed him in the eighth circle of Hell in Inferno.

German ruler Otto of Saxony once wrote to the young pope ... Boniface VIII makes an appearance in the eighth circle of hell in Dante's "Inferno." Source: Royal Scandals; The Smart Set Sixtus IV ...