Ahh, the famous, or infamous, Unam Sanctum. I think your summary is fair, Amnorix. It was quite the throw-down of the gauntlet, mainly to his enemies, especially the King of France, Philip the Fair. The enemies' response to the declaration of spiritual authority trumping secular authority? An invasion, an imprisonment. And famously, one Italian opponent of Boniface slapped him in the face. And Dante entertained the idea of him in the inferno.
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