Boniface IX Quiz

(Boniface IX is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.)

Boniface IX Quiz Questions

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1. Where was Pietro Tomacelli born?
a) Naples
b) Geneva
c) Sulmona
d) Verona

2. When was Pietro Tomacelli created cardinal?
a) 17 March 1412
b) 9 May 1418
c) 23 September 1409
d) 21 December 1381

3. When was Boniface IX elected pope?
a) 9 February 1406
b) 14 May 1426
c) 22 July 1415
d) 2 November 1389

4. When was Boniface IX consecrated bishop?
a) 8 January 1407
b) 14 June 1405
c) 7 July 1419
d) 9 November 1389

5. Whom did Boniface IX crown as King of Naples?
a) Henry V
b) Charles II
c) Ladislas
d) William III

6. Who was the Avignon pope excommunicated by Boniface IX who in turn excommunicated Boniface IX?
a) Clement VII
b) John XXIII
c) Innocent III
d) Gregory VI

7. Who were the White Penitents dissolved by Boniface IX?
a) Carbanieri
b) Albati
c) Hussites
d) Anabaptists

8. Whose anti-papal teachings were condemned at the Synod of London in 1396?
a) John Knox
b) John Calvin
c) John Hus
d) John Wyclif

9. When did Boniface IX die?
a) 3 February 1405
b) 4 April 1409
c) 28 August 1412
d) 1 October 1404

10. Where did Boniface IX die?
a) Avignon
b) Pisa
c) Rome
d) Sofia

Boniface IX Quiz Answers

1. Where was Pietro Tomacelli born?
a) Naples

2. When was Pietro Tomacelli created cardinal?
d) 21 December 1381

3. When was Boniface IX elected pope?
d) 2 November 1389

4. When was Boniface IX consecrated bishop?
d) 9 November 1389

5. Whom did Boniface IX crown as King of Naples?
c) Ladislas

6. Who was the Avignon pope excommunicated by Boniface IX who in turn excommunicated Boniface IX?
a) Clement VII

7. Who were the White Penitents dissolved by Boniface IX?
b) Albati

8. Whose anti-papal teachings were condemned at the Synod of London in 1396?
d) John Wyclif

9. When did Boniface IX die?
d) 1 October 1404

10. Where did Boniface IX die?
c) Rome