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Saint Boniface () ( c. 7th century – 5 June 754 ), the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid, Wynfrith, or Wynfryth in the kingdom of Wessex, probably at Crediton ( now in Devon, England ), was a missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century.
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Saint Boniface ( c 680 – 750 ), Pope Gregory I ( c 540 – 604, r. 590 – 604 ), Adalbert of Egmond ( 8th century ), and priest Jeroen van Noordwijk, depicted in a 1529 painting by Jan Joostsz van Hillegom, currently on display at the Frans Hals Museum.
Saint Bruno of Querfurt ( c. 974 – February 14, 1009 ), also known as Brun and Boniface, is a sainted missionary bishop and martyr, who was beheaded near the border of Kievan Rus and Lithuania while trying to spread Christianity in Eastern Europe.
It is frequently traced to the symbolism of evergreen trees in supposed " pre-Christian winter rites ", especially with the story of the Donar Oak and Saint Boniface.
The town is first mentioned in 742 under the name of " Erphesfurt ": in that year, Saint Boniface writes Pope Zachary to tell him that he had established three dioceses in Thuringia, one of which " in a place called Erphesfurt, which for a long time has been inhabited by pagan natives.
Thenceforth the great abbeys and episcopal seats that Saint Boniface and his successors had established in southwestern Germany had a monopoly on temporal office in Franconia, on a par with the counts of lands further west.
Saint Boniface described Pope Gregory II as vicar of Peter in the oath of fealty that he took in 722.
Meanwhile, on the Saturday after Eulalius had been elected, a majority of the priests of the church elected Boniface, who had previously been a councilor of Pope Innocent, and was also ordained on 29 December at the Church of Saint Marcellus in the Campus Martius.
Pope Saint Boniface IV ( c. 550 – 25 May 615 ) was pope from 608 to his death, and is also considered a Roman Catholic saint.
Between 612 and 615, the Irish missionary Saint Columban, then living at Bobbio in Italy, was persuaded by Agilulf, King of the Lombards, to address a letter on the condemnation of the " Three Chapters " to Boniface IV.
* Boniface had the churches of Rome restored for the Great Jubilee of 1300, particularly St. Peter's Basilica, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, and the Saint Mary Major Basilica.
Gregory also promoted the Church in northern Europe ; he supported the continuing mission of Saint Boniface in Germany, elevating him to the rank of archbishop of Germany in 732, and after a personal visit to Rome from Boniface in 737, where he was meant to attend a synod which does not appear to have been held, Gregory made Boniface a Papal legate in Germany, and asked him to reorganize the Episcopal sees in Germany.
A correspondence of considerable extent and of great interest between Zachary and Saint Boniface, the apostle of Germany, survives, and shows how great was the influence of this pope on events in France and Germany.
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Mormons () are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement, which began with the visions of Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s.
Saint Raphael of Brooklyn ( November 20, 1860 – February 27, 1915 ), also known as Father Raphael, was born as Raphael Hawaweeny () in Beirut, Lebanon, of Damascene Syrian parents.
Saint Piran or Perran ( traditionally in Cornwall, saints are simply named, without this title ) () is an early 6th century Cornish abbot and saint, supposedly of Irish origin.
Saint David ( c. 500 – 589 ) () was a Welsh Bishop during the 6th century ; he was later regarded as a saint and as the patron saint of Wales.
The Abbey of Saint Gall () is a religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in present-day Switzerland.
Saint Gavinus () is a Roman Catholic saint who is greatly celebrated in Sardinia, Italy, as one of the Martiri turritani (" Martyrs of Turris "), along with his companions Saints Protus and Januarius.
Tristan da Cunha () is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which also includes Saint Helena to its north, and equatorial Ascension Island even farther removed.
The Province of Lower Canada () was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence ( 1791 – 1841 ).
His most recognized illustrations were for the Zwarte Beertjes () series of books, including The Saint, James Bond, Simenon, and Shakespeare.
Fort Saint Elmo () stands on the seaward shore of the Sciberras Peninsula, dividing Marsamxett Harbour from the Grand Harbour.
Saint James Cavalier () was designed by Laparelli and Cassar, as a raised platform on which guns were placed to defend the city against attacks from the land ( Floriana ) side.
Duluth () is a port city in the U. S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Saint Louis County.
Saint Peter Claver, S. J., () ( 26 June 1581 – 8 September 1654 ) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdu ( Catalonia ) who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, the Republic of Colombia and ministry to African Americans.
Saint Agabus () or Saint Agabo was an early follower of Christianity mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a prophet.
Other local landmarks include the museum on the main street, which still preserves some noble rooms from the 18th and 19th centuries, and the church of Saint Anthony () in the square of the same name, which dates back to the 14th century.
By 1574 the previously Catholic parish church of Saint Lambert () had already become Calvinist Reformed Protestant.
Hugo () is a commuter town north of downtown Saint Paul in Washington County in the U. S. state of Minnesota.
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