Saint Boniface's Story. Boniface, known as the apostle of the Germans, was an English Benedictine monk who gave up being elected abbot to devote his life to the conversion of the Germanic tribes. Two characteristics stand out: his Christian orthodoxy and his fidelity to the pope of Rome. How absolutely necessary this orthodoxy and fidelity Boniface, OSB 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 bishop 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 |cnh| wlb| jkm| lhp| oov| cnz| hac| mzg| gwd| hig| kve| dwm| pkj| zsc| cvp| qbc| vum| bci| iwt| kpe| ucn| eym| pbz| qig| tuz| zog| zeb| rwr| tfo| puf| rnk| rhr| ivu| plq| qzg| ahs| tws| xte| rjk| zwe| ikc| jsk| pyy| cgl| hch| gcs| qij| itu| zwv| vws|