Saint Boniface
8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’
b. c. 675 · d. 5 Jun 754
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.
Related people
- Gregory II consecrated by · traditional
- Wynbert of Nursling disciple of · traditional
- Wuna of Wessex sibling of · traditional
- Burchard I consecrator of · traditional
- Lul consecrator of · traditional
- Willibald consecrator of · traditional
- Gregory of Utrecht teacher of · traditional
- Saint Sturm teacher of · traditional
- Wigbert teacher of · traditional
- Ludger teacher of · traditional
- Ecgbert influenced · traditional
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Recorded as a historical figure.
- Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents relating to Great Britain and Ireland 1 claim — Council of Clovesho
- East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church 1 claim — Concilium Germanicum