Alderotti, who practiced and taught in Tuscany and the north of Italy, and served as doctor to Pope Boniface VIII, was a formative figure in the development of the faculty of arts and medicine at the University of Bologna.
King Philip IV of France wanted to tax the church in order to finance his war with England, but Pope Boniface VIII threatened to excommunicate him instead.
In 1299, as he prepared an offensive against Syria, Ghazan had sent embassies to Henry II of Jerusalem (now located on Cyprus) and to Pope Boniface VIII, inviting them to participate in combined operations against the Mamluks.
At last, under the auspices of Pope Boniface VIII, James concluded a shameful treaty, by which, in exchange for being left undisturbed in the rest of the territories belonging to the Crown of Aragon and promised possession of Sardinia and Corsica, he gave up Sicily to the Church, for whom it was to be held by the Angevins (Treaty of Anagni, 10 June 1295).
His name is mainly connected with the quarrel between Philip IV and Pope Boniface VIII.
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Pietro Colonna — cardinal-deacon of S. Eustachio; deposed on May 10, 1297 by Pope Boniface VIII; restored by Clement V on December 15, 1305 as cardinal-deacon without a title; then cardinal-deacon of S. Angelo (March 2, 1317), † January 7, 1326