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Saint Boniface.
8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’
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About Saint Boniface
Boniface 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 Archbishop of Mainz by Pope Gregory III. He was martyred in Frisia in 754, along with 52 others, and his remains were returned to Fulda, where they rest in a sarcophagus which remains a site of Christian pilgrimage.
Everything about Saint Boniface →- Occupation
- diplomat, Catholic priest, missionary, Catholic bishop
- Position held
- abbot, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mainz, archbishop
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Wessex, Francia
- Born
- 675
- Died
- June 5, 754