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{{Short description|Head of the Catholic Church from 530 to 532}}
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|name=Boniface II
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|term_start=22 September 530
|term_end=17 October 532
|predecessor=[[Pope Felix IV|Felix IV]]
|successor=[[Pope John II|John II]]
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|birth_place=Rome, Italy
|death_date=17 October 532
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'''Pope Boniface II''' ({{langx|la|Bonifatius II}}; died 17 October 532) was the first [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] [[bishop of Rome]]. He ruled the [[Holy See]] from 22 September 530 until his death on 17 October 532.<ref name="ce-boniface">{{CathEncy|wstitle=Pope Boniface II|author=Peterson, John Bertram|authorlink=John Bertram Peterson}}</ref>

Boniface's father's name was Sigibuld.{{sfn|Sessa|2012|p=104}} He was probably born in Rome, and was designated to succeed to the papacy by his predecessor, [[Felix IV]], who had been a strong adherent of the [[Arianism|Arian]] [[Ostrogoth]]ic kings. Boniface was later [[Papal selection before 1059|elected]], largely due to the influence of King [[Athalaric]].<ref name=":0">{{DBI|author= Paolo Bertolini |title=Bonifacio II, papa |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/papa-bonifacio-ii_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/ |volume=12}}</ref> For a time, he served as pope in competition with [[Antipope Dioscorus|Dioscorus]], who had been elected by most of the priests of [[Rome]].  Boniface and Dioscorus were both [[consecrated]] in Rome on 22 September 530, but Dioscurus died only twenty-two days later.<ref name="ce-boniface" />

Boniface II's most notable act was confirming the decisions of the [[Council of Orange (529)|Council of Orange]], teaching that [[Divine grace|grace]] is always necessary to obtain salvation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02660a.htm|title=Pope Boniface II|website=Catholic Encyclopedia|language=en-gb|access-date=17 March 2017}}</ref> Boniface was buried in St. Peter's on 17 October 532.<ref name="ce-boniface" />

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==Sources==
*{{cite book |title=The Formation of Papal Authority in Late Antique Italy: Roman Bishops and the Domestic Sphere |first=Kristina |last=Sessa |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2012 }}

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* [http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/01_01_0530-0532-_Bonifacius_II.html Documenta Catholica Omnia] {{small|(Latin)}}
* http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02660a.htm
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