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Hieromartyr · 8th century

Hieromartyr Boniface Enlightener of Germany

Also known as Wynfrith · Bonifatius

An Anglo-Saxon missionary archbishop, the apostle of Germany, killed by pagans near Dokkum in Frisia. Distinct from St Boniface I, Pope of Rome (OS-0207).

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Notes

Born c. 675, Wessex; reposed 754, Dokkum.

Sources: OrthodoxWiki; OCA Synaxarion (oca.org)