EXHIBIT 24.1


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned, a director of Cincinnati Financial Corporation, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints Robert B. Morgan and
Theodore F. Elchynski, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Form S-3
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") to effect the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of securities of the
Company, and to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments
and amendments pursuant to Rule 462 under the Act) to said Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto (including this Power
of Attorney) and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Dated: May 1, 1998                William F. Bahl
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                  Director



 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned, a director of Cincinnati Financial Corporation, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints Robert B. Morgan and
Theodore F. Elchynski, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Form S-3
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") to effect the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of securities of the
Company, and to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments
and amendments pursuant to Rule 462 under the Act) to said Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto (including this Power
of Attorney) and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Dated: May 1, 1998                Michael Brown
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                  Director




 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned, a director of Cincinnati Financial Corporation, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints Robert B. Morgan and
Theodore F. Elchynski, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Form S-3
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") to effect the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of securities of the
Company, and to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments
and amendments pursuant to Rule 462 under the Act) to said Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto (including this Power
of Attorney) and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Dated: May 1, 1998                John E. Field
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                  Director




 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned, a director of Cincinnati Financial Corporation, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints Robert B. Morgan and
Theodore F. Elchynski, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Form S-3
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") to effect the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of securities of the
Company, and to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments
and amendments pursuant to Rule 462 under the Act) to said Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto (including this Power
of Attorney) and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Dated: May 1, 1998                William R. Johnson
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                  Director




 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned, a director of Cincinnati Financial Corporation, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints Robert B. Morgan and
Theodore F. Elchynski, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Form S-3
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") to effect the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of securities of the
Company, and to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments
and amendments pursuant to Rule 462 under the Act) to said Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto (including this Power
of Attorney) and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Dated: May 1, 1998                Kenneth C. Lichtendahl
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                  Director




 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned, a director of Cincinnati Financial Corporation, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints Robert B. Morgan and
Theodore F. Elchynski, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Form S-3
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") to effect the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of securities of the
Company, and to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments
and amendments pursuant to Rule 462 under the Act) to said Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto (including this Power
of Attorney) and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Dated: May 1, 1998                James G. Miller
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                  Director




 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned, a director of Cincinnati Financial Corporation, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints Robert B. Morgan and
Theodore F. Elchynski, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Form S-3
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") to effect the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of securities of the
Company, and to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments
and amendments pursuant to Rule 462 under the Act) to said Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto (including this Power
of Attorney) and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Dated: May 1, 1998                John J. Schiff, Jr.
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                  Director




 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned, a director of Cincinnati Financial Corporation, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints Robert B. Morgan and
Theodore F. Elchynski, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Form S-3
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") to effect the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of securities of the
Company, and to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments
and amendments pursuant to Rule 462 under the Act) to said Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto (including this Power
of Attorney) and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Dated: May 1, 1998                Thomas R. Schiff
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                  Director




 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned, a director of Cincinnati Financial Corporation, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints Robert B. Morgan and
Theodore F. Elchynski, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Form S-3
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") to effect the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of securities of the
Company, and to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments
and amendments pursuant to Rule 462 under the Act) to said Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto (including this Power
of Attorney) and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Dated: May 1, 1998                Frank J. Schultheis
                                  ---------------------------------------
                                  Director