Saint Boniface (Latin: Bonifatius) (c. 675? – 5 June 754) born Winfrid Wynfrith or Wynfryth in the kingdom of Wessex probably at Crediton was an Anglo-Saxon missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century. He is the patron saint of Germany the first archbishop of Mainz and the Apostle of the Germans. He was killed in Frisia in 754 along with 52 others.
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birth date
0007-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Crediton
death date
0754-06-05
death place
Dokkum, Frisia
individualised GND number
118513249
major shrine
Fulda Cathedral
venerated in
Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church, Lutheranism, Catholic Church
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