Person672–754
Saint Boniface
The Anglo-Saxon monk Wynfreth, renamed Boniface by Pope Gregory II (719): missionary and organizer of the church in Hesse, Thuringia and Bavaria, archbishop from 732, on whose initiative the abbey of Fulda was founded; he was killed in Frisia and is venerated as the Apostle of the Germans.
- Dates
- between 672 and 675 – 5 June 754
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- Western and Central Europe
- In the threads
- Early medieval Europe (500–1000)
Events
- Mission of Boniface in Germany15 May 719 – 5 June 754 · Western and Central Europe