Saint Boniface
8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’ · United Kingdom · Religious Figures · Lived 675 to 754 · aged 79
Saint Boniface is read about 658 times a day, in 48 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 390 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?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.
A life in dates
Also in Deutsch
Photos 8
Cornelis Bloemaert - S. Bonifacius.jpg?width=1200)
2021 Tongeren, Teseum, schatkamer (39)
Amöneburg St. Johannes 294_-_relic_of_St._Boniface.jpg?width=1200)
Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation (Carey, Ohio) - relic of St. Boniface_-_St._Boniface_relic.jpg?width=1200)
Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Chattanooga, Tennessee) - St. Boniface relic
Bonifatius-ruh
Bonifatius1954
Bonifatiusbrunn1In their orbit
Sibling: Wuna of WessexAbout this person
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.
Religious Figures from the United Kingdom 6
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.