Facts: - birth name: nicola boccasini - predecessor: boniface viii - birth date: 1240 - patronage: treviso - death date: 7 july 1304 -lrb- aged 64 -rrb- - term end: 7 july 1304 - created cardinal by: boniface viii - attributes: dominican habit papal vestments papal tiara - name: benedict xi - birth place: treviso , italy , holy roman empire - death place: perugia , papal states - other: benedict - previous post: bishop order of preachers -lrb- 1296-1303 -rrb- archbishop of bordeaux -lrb- of 1297-1305 -rrb- cardinal-priest of santa sabina -lrb- 1298-1300 -rrb- cardinal-bishop st-bertrand-de-comminges of ostia -lrb- 1300-1303 -rrb- -lrb- 1295-1299 -rrb- master of the - type: pope - consecration: march 1300 - successor: clement v - ordination: 1300 - beatified date: 24 april 1736 - beatified place: rome , papal states - motto: '' '' let your face shine upon your servant '' -rrb- illustra faciem tuam super servum tuum '' -lrb- - imagesize: 220px - cardinal: 4 december 1298 - beatified by: pope clement xii - feast day: 7 july - term start: 22 october 1303 - image: b benedikt xi.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pope benedict xi .
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pope benedict xi -lrb- ; 1240 -- 7 july 1304 -rrb- , born nicola boccasini , was pope from 22 october 1303 to his death in 1304 .he was also a member of the order of preachers .among the events of his brief pontificate was his reversion of his predecessor 's papal bull , '' unam sanctam '' , on papal supremacy .he was beatified with his cultus confirmed by pope clement xii in 1736 .he is a patron of treviso .