Saint Boniface
Missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire
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Updated 2026-05-29
Eighth-century English monk who organized the church's foothold across Germanic Europe and became Archbishop of Mainz. Martyred in Frisia in 754, his remains at Fulda became a major pilgrimage destination.
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Boniface 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 Archbishop 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 which remains a site of Christian pilgrimage.
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