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Created page with "'''Saint Boniface''' (? - June 5, 754/755) was the most famous Christian missionar in Germany. He is also called the "apostle of the Germans". ==Biography== Boniface, then Winfr..."
'''Saint Boniface''' (? - June 5, 754/755) was the most famous Christian missionar in Germany. He is also called the "apostle of the Germans".
==Biography==
Boniface, then Winfrid, was born in [[England]]. His year of birth is unknown. Boniface descended from a noble family and received a religious education. Later he went to the monastery of Exeter and Nursling, where he was ordained as priest. 716 Boniface he tried for first time a missionary journey in Frisia, Germany, that failed because of political disturbances. 718 Boniface again left Enland and travelled to [[Rome]], where Pope Gregory II commissioned him to convert the Germans. He travelled through [[Bavaria]], [[Thuringia]] and [[Hesse]], where he spread Christian [[faith]]. His most famous action was the precipitation of an oak in Geismar, that was consecrated to the thunder-god [[Thor]]. The heathens, who saw this felling were surprised because they expected vengeance by Thor. Many of them were converted.<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02656a.htm</ref>
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==Biography==
Boniface, then Winfrid, was born in [[England]]. His year of birth is unknown. Boniface descended from a noble family and received a religious education. Later he went to the monastery of Exeter and Nursling, where he was ordained as priest. 716 Boniface he tried for first time a missionary journey in Frisia, Germany, that failed because of political disturbances. 718 Boniface again left Enland and travelled to [[Rome]], where Pope Gregory II commissioned him to convert the Germans. He travelled through [[Bavaria]], [[Thuringia]] and [[Hesse]], where he spread Christian [[faith]]. His most famous action was the precipitation of an oak in Geismar, that was consecrated to the thunder-god [[Thor]]. The heathens, who saw this felling were surprised because they expected vengeance by Thor. Many of them were converted.<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02656a.htm</ref>
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Saints]]
[[Category:Missionaries]]