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	Pope Boniface IX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Boniface saw to it that Ladislas was crowned King of Naples at Gaeta May 29, 1390) and worked with him for the next decade to expel the Angevin forces from southern Italy.
		Boniface was defeated in the face of a unified front, and the long controversy was finally settled, to the English king's satisfaction.
		Boniface was a frank politician, strapped for cash like the other princes of Europe, as the costs of modern warfare rose and supporters needed to be encouraged by gifts, for 14th century government depended upon such personal support as a temporal ruler could gather and retain.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pope_Boniface_IX (1095 words)

	Saint Boniface - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 723, Boniface felled the holy oak tree dedicated to Thor near the present-day town of Fritzlar in northern Hesse.
		Boniface balanced this support and attempted to maintain some independence, however, by attaining the support of the papacy and of the Agilolfing rulers of Bavaria.
		Saint Boniface is a francophone district of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Boniface (871 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Boniface I
		On Sunday, 29 December, both were consecrated, Boniface in the Basilica of St. Marcellus, supported by nine provincial bishops and some seventy priests; Eulalius in the Lateran basilica in the presence of the deacons, a few priests and the Bishop of Ostia, who was summoned from his sickbed to assist at the ordination.
		Boniface succeeded to Zosimus's difficulties with the African Church regarding appeals to Rome and, in particular, the case of Apiarius.
		Boniface renewed the legislation of Pope Soter, prohibiting women to touch the sacred linens or to minister at the burning of incense.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02658a.htm (1256 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Boniface
		In 732 Boniface wrote again and stated among other things that the work was becoming too much for one man. Gregory III congratulated him on his success and praised his zeal, in recognition sending him the pallium, and making him an archbishop, but still without a fixed see.
		Boniface remained in Rome for about a year and then returned to his mission invested with the authority of a legate of the Holy See.
		It seems that Boniface's last act as Archbishop of Mainz was the repudiation of the claim of the Archbishop of Cologne to the diocese of Utrecht.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02656a.htm (3421 words)

	Saints of June 5
		In 731, having established several monasteries and dioceses, Boniface was sent the pallium by Pope Saint Gregory III and constituted metropolitan of Germany beyond the Rhine.
		Boniface founded the abbey of Fulda with his young disciple, Saint Sturmi, and Charles Martel died, leaving the way open for Boniface to reach the ears of Pepin and Carloman, Martel's successors.
		Boniface is considered the apostle of Germany (Bavaria, Franconia, Hesse, Thuringia) and the Netherlands (Freisland), Amanburch, Fritzlar, and Fulda.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0605.htm (1898 words)

	Woman Under Monasticism
		Boniface had first heard of this vision from the abbess Hildelith of Barking, and he writes a graphic and eloquent account of it, parts of which are put into the mouth of the monk himself.
		After Boniface's death she kept on friendly terms with Lul who had succeeded him as bishop of Mainz (757-786), and it was with his consent [138] that she finally resigned her responsibilities and her post as abbess at Bischofsheim and went to dwell at Schornsheim near Mainz with a few companions.
		Boniface had expressed a wish that they should share the same resting-place and her body was accordingly taken to Fulda, but the monks there, for some unknown reason, preferred burying her in another part of their church.
	www.yale.edu /adhoc/etexts/Eckstn1.htm (19767 words)

	ST. BONIFACE I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Boniface, a Roman of high character, was consecrated in the Church of St. Marcellus, while Fulalius was consecrated in the Lateran.
		Boniface obeyed, but Eulalius entered the city in Passion Week, refused to obey the prefect's order to get out, and finally with a gang of partisans seized the Lateran.
		Even so, a year later when Boniface became sick, the partisans of Eulalius raised their heads; but they were unable to upset the sick Pope.
	www.cfpeople.org /Books/Pope/POPEp42.htm (382 words)

	St. Boniface
		Boniface, or Winfrid, to give him his baptismal name, was born into a Christian family of noble rank, probably at Crediton in Devonshire, about the year 680.
		Boniface declined to become Willibrord's coadjutor and successor as bishop of Utrecht, saying that his commission had been general, "to the heathen," and he could not be limited to any one diocese.
		Boniface appealed to the English monasteries and convents, and their response was so wholehearted that for several years bands of monks, schoolmasters, and nuns came over to place themselves under his direction.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/BONIFAC.htm (2471 words)

	Church History - St. Boniface
		As a boy Boniface came under the influence of the fl monks who visited his home, nor was it long before he had decided on the religious life.
		Thither Boniface proceeded; he found the Bavarian Church in a flourishing condition, similarly Alemannia, but Thuringia, though regarded by Rome as a Christian district, proved to be anything but Catholic, despite the heroic labors of St. Kilian (686—689).
		Under the new order Boniface continued to enforce laws ‘forbidding the clergy to hunt, shoot, or carry arms, but he was not successful in establishing appeals for local bishops to the Holy See, or in securing the right of the Pope in the investiture of Frankish bishops.
	www.cin.org /books/dunney8.html (5466 words)

	St. Boniface
		Saint Boniface, in a council in Germany condemned them both in 742; Carloman caused them to be confined in close prison, and the sentence of our saint and his council was afterwards confirmed by the pope in a synod at Rome in 745.
		Boniface, as appears by his letters and various consultations, was timorous in decisions, nor did he appear as an actor in this delicate affair.
		Boniface had several years before founded a monastery at Fridistar in honor of Saint Peter; another at Hamenburgh in honor of St. Michael: and one at Ordorfe in honor of the same archangel, in all which the monks gained their livelihood by the labor of their hands.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/BONIFACE.htm (3414 words)

	ECCLESIAE FASTOS
		Winfred, afterwards named Boniface by Pope St. Gregory II, was undoubtedly outstanding among the missionaries for his apostolic zeal and fortitude of soul, combined with gentleness of manner.
		Boniface himself, as often as he could withdraw briefly from his apostolic labors and rest a little, loved to repair there to refresh and strengthen his soul by divine contemplation and protracted prayer.
		But if Boniface was the special apostle of Germany, nevertheless the zeal which burned within him for spreading the kingdom of heaven did not halt at the borders of that nation.
	www.papalencyclicals.net /Pius12/P12FASTO.HTM (3301 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Willibald: The Life of St. Boniface
		Boniface in his humility hastily declined, answering that he was unworthy of the episcopal office, that so great a responsibility ought not to be imposed upon him at so young an age and that he had not yet reached the age of fifty required by canon law.
		After Boniface had passed by devious ways through the densely populated territories of the Franks he came at last into the presence of the aforesaid prince and was received by him with marks of reverence.
		But when the holy archbishop Boniface with the cooperation of the leaders Carloman and Pepin forcibly ejected them from the communion of the church they were delivered, according to the apostle, "to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus" (1 Cor 5:5).
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/willibald-boniface.html (11320 words)

	Boniface
		They had returned from a mission to the pagans on the continent, and Boniface was so impressed by them that he resolved to follow their example.
		Boniface, after a brief withdrawal, went into Hesse and Bavaria, having secured the support of the Pope and of Charles Martel for his work there.
		It was the beginning of a highly successful missionary effort, and the planting of a vigorous Christian church in Germany, where Boniface was eventually consecrated bishop.
	www.satucket.com /lectionary/Boniface.htm (468 words)

	ST. BONIFACE IV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Boniface was consecrated pope on either August 25 or September 15, 608.
		Boniface took an interest in the newly fledged church in England.
		Boniface, if his epitaph may be trusted, took Gregory the Great for his model.
	www.cfpeople.org /Books/Pope/POPEp67.htm (438 words)

	Who was St Boniface?
		Boniface was born at Crediton in Devon in 675 and baptised with the name Wynfrith.
		As well as expanding and growing the churches in Germany, Boniface was equally concerned to ensure that the political authorities and rulers became firmly committed to Christianity.
		Boniface was himself struck down by a sword which pierced the bible he had raised to shield his head (see this depicted in our banner and above the church entrance).
	www.stboniface.org.uk /whowas.htm (1185 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A doctor's son from L'Aquila, Pope/Saint Boniface IV was deacon and treasurer to St.
		Boniface was elected pope in late 607 but was not enthroned until September, 608, when his election was confirmed by Emperor Phocas.
		Boniface died in 615, and his cult began during the reign of Boniface VIII.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/bonifaceiv.html (140 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Boniface
		In Saxony, Boniface encountered a tribe worshipping a Norse deity in the form of a huge oak tree.
		Boniface walked up to the tree, removed his shirt, took up an axe, and without a word he hacked down the six foot wide wooden god.
		Boniface to Pope Zacharias On His Accession to the Papacy
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintb15.htm (579 words)

	Twin Spires - St. John's Rownhams and St. Boniface Nursling
		His father had a secular career planned for him, but Boniface was drawn to life of an evangelist by monks staying at his fathers house when he was five.
		Boniface devoted his life to evangelising Northern Europe from 718AD until he was martyred in 754, aged 75.
		Canonized a Saint, it is said of St. Boniface that no Englishman had a deeper influence on the history of Europe.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /mikebunce/twinspires/stboniface.htm (379 words)

	scrip62
		Boniface picked up an axe and chopped down the tree.
		They use a fir tree, because Boniface called it the tree of the Christ child.
		He said it was the wood of peace, because it made the Germans listen to what he said about God.
	www.schoolassemblies.btinternet.co.uk /scrip62.htm (543 words)

	St Boniface 2004: Life, Historical trail, Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The life of Boniface of Crediton, Saxon monk, missionary and martyr.
		A Trail connecting the most important steps in the life of St Boniface as he progressed from his birthplace Crediton in Devon to his eventual martyrdom in Friesland.
		A heritage trail through the town identifying various landmarks for the visitor, including notable references to the National Shrine of Saint Boniface, the statue, and various ecclesiastical commemorations.
	www.crediton.co.uk /tourism/boniface.html (124 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After the death of Martel (741), Boniface presided over five reforming councils convoked by Martel's heirs, Carloman and Pepin.
		When the latter entered a monaster in 752, Boniface crowned Pepin king of the Franks.
		Two years later, Boniface resigned as archbishop of Mainz, an office he had held for ten years, to preach again in Frisia.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/bonifacec.html (204 words)

	St. Boniface Research Enterprise \| Home
		The St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre encompasses 3 free-standing medical research facilities, built with funds raised in the community and operated with a combination of peer reviewed research grants, industry contract, fund raising, and through affiliation with the University of Manitoba:
		The Research Centre is also home to the University of Manitoba's Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and the National Centre for Agrifood Research in Medicine, and houses a number of other research programs in nephrology, infectious diseases, sleep disorders, surgery, nursing, family medicine, epidemiology, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and anesthesia.
		The St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre has gained a world-wide reputation for excellence in medical research.
	www.sbrc.ca (223 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: St. Boniface and the Conversion of Germany
		Many of the people of Hesse were converted [by Boniface] to the Catholic faith and confirmed by the grace of the spirit: and they received the laying on of hands.
		But others, who were of sounder mind, cast aside all heathen profanation and did none of these things, and it was with the advice and consent of these men that Boniface sought to fell a tree of great size, at Geismar, and called, in the ancient h of the region, the oak of Thor.
		I: (Boston:: Ginn and co., 1904): "Letter of Gregory II and Oath of Boniface," 105-106, "Willibald's Life of Boniface," pp.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/boniface1.html (571 words)

	Saint Boniface Art - Index
		He may not be one of the most pictured saints but the imagination and creativity that has gone into statues and pictures of him surely make up for this.
		Below are some of the exisiting memorials to Boniface.
		From a frieze of Boniface in Crediton RC Church by Kenneth Carter
	www.saintboniface.info /home/art/index.htm (119 words)

	Hist1121BirthofEurope
		Boniface, as papal legate, anointed Pepin in a ceremony copied from the Old Testament consecration of the Hebrew monarchs.
		The role of popes and monks in preparing the way for the Carolingian era is best illustrated by the career of Wynfrid or as he is better known, St.
		Boniface of Crediton (c.680-754), the Anglo-Saxon monk called the "Apostle to the Germans." Boniface in the late seventh century joined other Anglo-Saxon missionaries working to convert Germanic peoples on the continent.
	www.gdn.peachnet.edu /PT_Faculty/j_richards/lectures/Hist1121BirthofEurope.htm (13008 words)

	Boniface
		Crossing the Alps that freezing winter of 7xx, Boniface had thought a good deal about how to effect this, and now on this fine spring day he had an idea.
		There exists within the State Library at Fulda, along with the magnificanet sarcophagus bearing the body of Boniface, a gospel, written in an Irish hand, from which the saint would read to the faithful on the morning of Pentecost, June 5, 754.
		The book is badly damaged, evidently by sword cuts and spattered with dried blood, the blood of the saint himself, who was attacked on that morning by a gang of Frisians...
	www.stanford.edu /~meehan/donnelly/boniface.html (758 words)

	St. Boniface Martyr Parish, Sea Cliff, Long Island, NY
		Hopefully, we can be of help to you and conversely we hope that you will recognize your gifts and share them not only with us but others.
		Boniface who was a missionary and a martyr said,
		As Boniface proclaimed the Good News of Jesus Christ, so too we hope that our parish will continue his mission.
	www.saintboniface.org (282 words)

	Boniface, Saint, English missionary monk and martyr. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In 716 he made his first trip to Friesland to aid the mission of St. Willibrord, but unsettled conditions forced his return to England.
		In 718 he left England for Rome where Pope Gregory II encouraged his missionary zeal and gave him the name Boniface.
		Under the protection of the Frankish ruler Charles Martel, Boniface and his companions made many converts in Thuringia, Hesse, Franconia, and Bavaria.
	www.bartleby.com /65/bo/Bonifc.html (220 words)

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