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- noun (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)
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Examples
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Saxon monk Winfrith, better known as St. Boniface, also deserved well of the people of Central Europe, for it was his zeal and energy which assisted Charles the Great in his colonizing achievements.
From a Terrace in Prague Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
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There is a large suburb of the town the other side of the Red River called St. Boniface face, the see of a Roman Catholic Archbishop; possessing a beautiful cathedral and a great educational school for young ladies; for some reason or other we never managed to get over there to see it, though the cathedral is a grand landmark for a great distance.
A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba Cecil Hall
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But the chief instruments in the conversion of the remoter regions were the Anglo-Saxon monk Winifred, better known as St. Boniface, who was martyred in 755, and Charlemagne.
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St. Wilfrith leaves Northumberland about 680, and goes to preach the Gospel to the Frisians; St. Willibrord starts from England about 690, and settles among the Frisians and Danes [76]; Winfrith, otherwise called St. Boniface (an approximate translation of his name), sojourns in Thuringia and Bavaria, "sowing," as he says, "the evangelical seed among the rude and ignorant tribes of Germany." [
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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[Sidenote: Labours of St. Boniface] It is, however, to a Devonshire clergyman, Winfrith, better known as St. Boniface (A.D.
A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient) John Henry Blunt
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Apologists will try to con you that St. Boniface invented the Christmas tree while converting the Germanic tribes.
Clay Farris Naff: The True Meaning Of Christmas In An International Age Of Science Clay Farris Naff 2011
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Apologists will try to con you that St. Boniface invented the Christmas tree while converting the Germanic tribes.
Clay Farris Naff: The True Meaning Of Christmas In An International Age Of Science Clay Farris Naff 2011
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Apologists will try to con you that St. Boniface invented the Christmas tree while converting the Germanic tribes.
Clay Farris Naff: The True Meaning Of Christmas In An International Age Of Science Clay Farris Naff 2011
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Apologists will try to con you that St. Boniface invented the Christmas tree while converting the Germanic tribes.
Clay Farris Naff: The True Meaning Of Christmas In An International Age Of Science Clay Farris Naff 2011
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Apologists will try to con you that St. Boniface invented the Christmas tree while converting the Germanic tribes.
Clay Farris Naff: The True Meaning Of Christmas In An International Age Of Science Clay Farris Naff 2011
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