Periculoso

Pope Boniface VIII (middle), who issued the decretal in 1298, in a fresco by Giotto

Periculoso (named for its Latin incipit,[1] meaning dangerous) was a papal decretal of Pope Boniface VIII issued in 1298, that required the claustration of Catholic nuns.[2] It is often incorrectly referred to as a papal bull.[2]

  1. ^ Evangelisti, 2007, p. 45.
  2. ^ a b Lehfeldt, Elizabeth A. 2000, Winter. "Review of Canon Law and Cloistered Women: Periculoso and Its Commentators, 1298-1545". Sixteenth Century Journal 31(4): 1134-1136.