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'''Saint Boniface of Mainz''' (c. 675 – June 5, 754), born Winfrid or Wynfrith, was an English [[Saints|saint]], Benedictine monk, missionary, and archbishop known as the "Apostle of Germany" for his role in Christianizing the Germanic tribes. Born in [[Crediton]], Devon, he entered monastic life at age five, was ordained a priest at 30, and left a respected scholarly career to evangelize in Frisia, Hesse, Thuringia, and Bavaria. Commissioned by [[Pope Gregory II]] in 718, who renamed him Boniface, he felled Thor’s Oak in 723, a pagan sacred site, to demonstrate Christianity’s power, converting many. He organized the German Church, founding dioceses (e.g., Salzburg, Regensburg) and the Abbey of Fulda, and reformed the Frankish Church through synods (742–747). Appointed Archbishop of [[Mainz]] in 745, he crowned Pepin the Short in 752. At 79, Boniface returned to Frisia, where he and 52 companions were martyred by pagans at [[Dokkum]]. His relics rest in [[Fulda Cathedral]]. Canonized pre-Congregation, his feast day is [[June 5]]. He is patron of Germany, brewers, tailors, and the Netherlands.<ref name="web2">{{cite web |title=Saint Boniface |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boniface |website=Wikipedia |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref><ref name="web4">{{cite web |title=St. Boniface |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02656a.htm |website=Catholic Encyclopedia |publisher=New Advent |access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref> | '''Saint Boniface of Mainz''' (c. 675 – June 5, 754), born Winfrid or Wynfrith, was an English [[Saints|saint]], Benedictine monk, missionary, and archbishop known as the "Apostle of Germany" for his role in Christianizing the Germanic tribes. Born in [[Crediton]], Devon, he entered monastic life at age five, was ordained a priest at 30, and left a respected scholarly career to evangelize in Frisia, Hesse, Thuringia, and [[Bavaria]]. | ||
Commissioned by [[Pope Gregory II]] in 718, who renamed him Boniface, he felled Thor’s Oak in 723, a pagan sacred site, to demonstrate Christianity’s power, converting many. He organized the [[German]] Church, founding dioceses (e.g., Salzburg, Regensburg) and the Abbey of Fulda, and reformed the Frankish Church through synods (742–747). Appointed Archbishop of [[Mainz]] in 745, he crowned Pepin the Short in 752. At 79, Boniface returned to Frisia, where he and 52 companions were martyred by pagans at [[Dokkum]]. His relics rest in [[Fulda Cathedral]]. Canonized pre-Congregation, his feast day is [[June 5]]. He is patron of Germany, brewers, tailors, and the Netherlands.<ref name="web2">{{cite web |title=Saint Boniface |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boniface |website=Wikipedia |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref><ref name="web4">{{cite web |title=St. Boniface |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02656a.htm |website=Catholic Encyclopedia |publisher=New Advent |access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref> | |||
His legacy includes 150 surviving letters, revealing his reforms and connections with popes and English monks, and the Ragyndrudis Codex, a book he reportedly held during martyrdom, now a relic in Fulda. His work unified the Church under Rome and laid foundations for the Carolingian Empire.<ref name="web8">{{cite web |title=Saint Boniface |url=https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Saint_Boniface |website=New World Encyclopedia |publisher=New World Encyclopedia |access-date=2025-05-13 |date=2015-08-05}}</ref><ref name="web15">{{cite web |title=Saint Boniface, Martyr, Apostle of Germany |url=https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/boniface-martyr-apostle-of-germany-680754-ad-1218 |website=EWTN |publisher=Eternal Word Television Network |access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref> | His legacy includes 150 surviving letters, revealing his reforms and connections with popes and English monks, and the Ragyndrudis Codex, a book he reportedly held during martyrdom, now a relic in Fulda. His work unified the Church under Rome and laid foundations for the Carolingian Empire.<ref name="web8">{{cite web |title=Saint Boniface |url=https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Saint_Boniface |website=New World Encyclopedia |publisher=New World Encyclopedia |access-date=2025-05-13 |date=2015-08-05}}</ref><ref name="web15">{{cite web |title=Saint Boniface, Martyr, Apostle of Germany |url=https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/boniface-martyr-apostle-of-germany-680754-ad-1218 |website=EWTN |publisher=Eternal Word Television Network |access-date=2025-05-13}}</ref> | ||