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Memorial of Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr
St. Boniface
Feastday:
June 5
Saint Boniface (Latin:
Bonifacius; c. 680 – June 5, 754), the Apostle of the Germans,
born Winfrid, Wynfrith,
or Wynfryth possibly at Crediton
in the kingdom of Wessex (now in Devon, England), was a missionary
who propagated Christianity in the Frankish
Empire during the 8th century. He is the patron saint of Germany and the
first archbishop of Mainz.
He was killed in Frisia in 754.[1]
His tomb is in the crypt of Fulda Cathedral. The date of his canonization is unknown.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Boniface
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