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| | New Catholic Dictionary: Boniface, Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Archbishop of Mainz, born Devonshire, England, 675; died Dokkum, Netherlands, 755. |
 | | Commissioned by Pope Zacharias, 741, to reform the whole Frankish Church, he held councils, established bishoprics, and, laboring against countless difficulties, effected a complete reform of the clergy. |
 | | He was made Archbishop of Mainz, 748, and resigned his see, 754, to accomplish his long-dreamed-of mission to Friesland. |
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