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Why was the Jubilee of 1300 important during Boniface VIIIās papacy?
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Boniface VIII
Miniature of Pope Boniface VIII from Vaticinia de Pontificibus (an index of prophecies of the popes), c. 14th century; in the British Library, London.
The Jubilee of 1300 was significant because it marked the institution of the first Holy Year in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. Established by Pope Boniface VIII as a centenary observance, this event encouraged pilgrimages to Rome and allowed the faithful to be granted an indulgence, which provided for the remission of temporal punishment for sins.123