One holder of this office likened his power to two swords, with one sword subordinate to another.
One holder of this office likened his power to two swords, with one sword subordinate to another. According to legend, another was dug up after death and tried posthumously at the "cadaver synod." The Ultramontanists were a faction in support of this ruler, whose land holdings were expanded by the Donation of Pepin. This office's power was flaunted in a document called Unam sanctam. For three-fourths of a century, holders of this elected office lived in Avignon. Its medieval holders included Boniface VIII, and it had two competing claimants during the Great Schism. For 10 points, name this spiritual leader headquartered in Rome.
One holder of this office likened his power to two swords, with one sword subordinate to another.
popes [or supreme pontiffs of the Roman Catholic Church; or the papacy; or pontifex maximus; or papae; or papi] 