Pope Boniface VI (Latin: Bonifatius VI; died 26 April 896), a native of Rome,[2] served very briefly as the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States in April of 896.
Prior to his reign, he had twice incurred a sentence of deprivation of orders as a subdeacon and as a priest.
[3] After a pontificate of fifteen days, he is said by some to have died of the gout,[3] and by others to have been forcibly ejected to make way for Stephen VI, the candidate of the Spoletan party.
[4] The Papal historian Caesar Baronius describes him as a 'disgusting monster' guilty of adultery and homicide.
[5] At a synod in Rome held by John IX in 898, his election was pronounced null and void.