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Definition of St. Boniface
1. 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).
Category relationships: Church Of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church
Generic synonyms: Missionary, Saint
Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Boniface
Literary usage of St. Boniface
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Archbishop Langevin, of St. Boniface, vigorously defended the rights of the
Catholics, but no justice was done him. The compromise of 1896 was voted: this ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Archbishop Langevin, of St. Boniface, vigorously defended the rights of the
Catholics, but no" justice was done him. The compromise of 1896 was voted: this ..."
3. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"V. The letters of St. Boniface contain the surest accounts of the state of souls
in the Anglo-Saxon ... How St. Lioba became connected with St. Boniface. ..."
4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"He proposed to write, but never produced, a ' Life of St. Boniface,' which in
1843 was announced as in preparation. Bowden's only publication in 1843 was 'A ..."
5. Manual of Universal Church History by Johannes Baptist Alzog (1876)
"1866 (T. III. of the Bibl. rer. Germ.), letters, in German, with the Life of St.
Boniface, Pulda, 1842; complete works ..."
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