Boniface V
pope
b. 6th century · d. 25 Oct 625
69th Bishop of Rome (Pope) · 26 Dec 619–25 Oct 625
Offices
- Bishop of Rome (Pope) № 69 · 26 Dec 619 – 25 Oct 625
Pope Boniface V was the bishop of Rome from 23 December 619 to his death on 25 October 625. He did much for the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England, and enacted the decree by which churches became places of sanctuary.
Related people
- Adeodatus I succeeded · traditional
- Honorius I preceded · traditional
Places
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Liber Pontificalis 1 claim — Liber Pontificalis, the life of Boniface V