# Saint Boniface

> An English monk who walked into the pagan forests of eighth-century Germania and built a church from scratch — then died for it when Frisian raiders caught him by a campfire in 754.

*8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/saint-boniface

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 675
- **Died:** 0754-06-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Wynfreth around 675, he was a Benedictine who left England to evangelise the Germanic tribes of Francia. He organised dioceses, founded monasteries, and imposed structure on a scattered faith, earning the title Archbishop of Mainz from Pope Gregory III. His reforms reshaped the Frankish Church and forged the alliance between Rome and the Carolingian dynasty that would define medieval Europe. On 5 June 754, he and 52 companions were killed by raiders in Frisia. His body was carried back to Fulda, where it remains in a sarcophagus still visited by pilgrims. His correspondence and near-contemporary biography survive; his dioceses endure.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 61.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 48.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 23.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 82.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #157

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Writer / Author, #Law, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Boniface)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160445)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Saint%20Boniface)
- [Сьвяты Баніфацый](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D0%B9)
- [Бонифаций (мисионер)](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9_(%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80))
- [সাও বোনিফাসিও](https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93)
- [Bonifaci de Fulda](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifaci_de_Fulda)
- [Svatý Bonifác](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%BD_Bonif%C3%A1c)
- [Sant Boniffas, Apostl yr Almaenwyr](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_Boniffas%2C_Apostl_yr_Almaenwyr)
- [Bonifatius](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifatius)
- [Bonifatius](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifatius)
- [Άγιος Βονιφάτιος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%86%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Bonifaco (sanktulo)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifaco_(sanktulo))
- [Bonifacio de Maguncia](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifacio_de_Maguncia)
- [Bonifazio Mainzekoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifazio_Mainzekoa)
- [سنت بونیفاس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [Bonifatius (lähetyssaarnaaja)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifatius_(l%C3%A4hetyssaarnaaja))
- [Bonifatius](https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifatius)
- [Boniface de Mayence](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boniface_de_Mayence)
- [Bonifatius](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifatius)
- [בוניפציוס הקדוש](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A9)
- [Sveti Bonifacije](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveti_Bonifacije)
- [Bonifatius Wynfrith](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifatius_Wynfrith)
- [Bonifasius](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifasius)
- [Bonifacius (santo)](https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifacius_(santo))
- [سان بونيفاس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [سان بونيفاس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3)

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