Boniface

Examples

• All

• Finally, the Church of Boniface, Leoba, and the other missionaries is holy.

  Academic text (2002)

• The neighborhood around Saint Boniface Church continued to change in ethnic composition from German to Polish.

  Academic text (1996)

• Oh, look, we got a card from St. Boniface.

  Household Saints (1993)

• Years ago at Saint Boniface there was a priest.

  Doubt (2008)

• The precise sin of which Boniface is guilty is simony, the selling of spiritual benefits for material gain.

  Academic text (2011)

• Indeed, Boniface especially underlines Leoba's role as his own partner in his farewell address.

  Academic text (2002)

• Meanwhile, Polish parishes were organized all around Saint Boniface, as were churches for other "new" immigrant groups.

  Academic text (1996)

• In Rudolf's time, as in Boniface's, the possibility for effective church leadership depended on the work of counselors.

  Academic text (2002)

• St. Boniface dedicated his life to spreading Christianity throughout Frisia and Germany.

• Each year, the community celebrates the legacy of St. Boniface with a special service.

Synonyms

S

Saint Boniface

vsBoniface

8.6

An Anglo-Saxon missionary and archbishop who spread Christianity in Germany and is remembered as a martyr

is the same historical person but referred to without the religious title

A

Apostle of Germany

vsBoniface

9.9

A title given to Saint Boniface for spreading Christianity in Germany

is the personal historical figure active in Germany and Frisia and martyred there

Surface Forms

Etymology