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Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Saint Boniface . Saint Boniface, (born 675, Wessex, Eng.—died June 5, 754, Dokkum, Frisia; feast day June 5), English missionary and reformer. Originally named Wynfrith, he became a Benedictine monk and then a priest.
Aug 5, 2014 · Saint Boniface (or in Dutch the Heilige Bonifatius) is one of the most famous saints in the Netherlands. His real name was Wynfreth and he lived from 672 until 754 CE. Pope Gregory II, who ruled from...
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Saints & Angels. Facts. Feastday: June 5. Patron: of brewers; Fulda; Germany; World Youth Day. Birth: 675. Death: 754. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online. Printable PDF of St. Boniface of Mainz. Shop St. Boniface of Mainz. Winfrith had expected to return to England from Friesland (in what is now Holland) in triumph.
SAINT BONIFACE MARTYR, APOSTLE OF GERMANY—680-754 A.D. Feast: June 5. Isolated missionary groups had penetrated central Germany in earlier times, but not until the eighth century was there a systematic effort to Christianize the vast pagan wilderness.
Saint Boniface (c. 672 – June 5, 754), the "Apostle of the Germans," was a missionary who propagated Christianity among Franks and Saxons of northern Europe during the eighth century C.E. He is the patron saint of Germany and the Netherlands. Born as Winfrid at Crediton in the kingdom of Wessex, England, Boniface spent several decades ...
Boniface, OSB ( Latin: Bonifatius; c. 675 – 5 June 754) was an English Benedictine monk and leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of Francia during the eighth century. He organised significant foundations of the church in Germany and was made bishop of Mainz by Pope Gregory III.
Jan 26, 1996 · For basic background on Boniface see Catholic Encyclopedia: Boniface [Talbot Introduction] The following Life was written in answer to the many requests from Boniface's friends in Britain, France and Germany, who wished, like Bishop Milret of Worcester, to have "an account of the life and glorious end" of their hero.
