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Saint Boniface

Bonifatius Winfridus la

8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’

  • Dated c. 675 CE – 5 June 754 CE
  • Recognised as Saint

Overview

8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’Wikidata record description. Read Saint Boniface in the Wikipedia reader.

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Roles and affiliation

Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.

Family tree

The family as a list · 1

Family 1

Teachers and students

Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.

Saint Boniface 8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’

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