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Saint Boniface
Sign in to saveAlso known as The Apostle of the Germans, Winfrid, Wynfrith, Wynfryth, St. Boniface
missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire
Key facts
- Born
- c. 675 , Crediton , Dumnonia
- Died
- 5 June 754 (aged around 79), near Dokkum , Frisia
- Venerated in
- Catholic Church , Lutheranism , Eastern Orthodox Church , Anglican Communion
- Major shrine
- Fulda Cathedral , St Boniface Catholic Church, Crediton , England
- Feast
- 5 June
- Attributes
- In bishop's robes, book pierced by a sword (also axe; oak; scourge)
- Patronage
- Fulda ; Germania ; England (Orthodox Church; jointly with Ss. Augustine of Canterbury, and Cuthbert of Lindisfarne. The Orthodox Church also recognises him as patron Saint of Germany); Devon ; Winnipeg
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Francia
- Place of birth
- Crediton
- Place of death
- Dokkum
- Sibling
- Wuna of Wessex
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Position held
- archbishop
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- Concilium Germanicum
- Image
- Cornelis Bloemaert - S. Bonifacius.jpg
- Work location
- Mainz
- Residence
- Crediton
- Religious order
- Benedictines
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- Commons category
- Saint Boniface
- feast day
- June 5
- date of death
- 0754-06-05
- topic's main category
- Category:Saint Boniface
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- date of birth
- 0675-00-00
- student
- Saint Sturm
- described by source
- Wikitólica
- Commons gallery
- Bonifatius
- manner of death
- homicide
- nickname
- Apostle of Germany
- place of burial
- Fulda Cathedral
- writing language
- Latin
- consecrator
- Gregory II
- different from
- San Bonifacio
- P8168
- Amaethon
- name in native language
- Bonifatius
- P13311
- Clifford Edmund Bosworth
- subject has role
- bishop
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Encyclopedic overview
Boniface (born Wynfreth; 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 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.
Boniface's life and death as well as his work became widely known, there being a wealth of material available – a number of vitae, especially the near-contemporary Vita Bonifatii auctore Willibaldi, legal documents, possibly some sermons, and above all his correspondence. He is venerated as a saint in the Christian church and became the patron saint of Germania, known as the "Apostle to the Germans".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint Boniface” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.