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Boniface is a given name and a surname of Latin origin, meaning "fortunate, auspicious". The best known of those who bear the name is Saint Boniface (c. 675?–754), an important leader in early Christianity and the "Apostle of the Germans".
Saint Boniface's feast day is celebrated on 5 June in the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church, the Anglican Communion and the Eastern Orthodox Church. A famous statue of Saint Boniface stands on the grounds of Mainz Cathedral, seat of the archbishop of Mainz. A more modern rendition stands facing St. Peter's Church of Fritzlar.
Pope Boniface IV, OSB [2] (Latin: Bonifatius IV; 550 – 8 May 615 [a]) was the bishop of Rome from 608 to his death. Boniface had served as a deacon under Pope Gregory I, and like his mentor, he ran the Lateran Palace as a monastery. As pope, he encouraged monasticism. With imperial permission, he converted the Pantheon into a church.
Pope Boniface III (Latin: Bonifatius III) was the bishop of Rome from 19 February 607 to his death on 12 November of the same year. [1] Despite his short pontificate, he made a significant contribution to the Catholic Church.
Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, an historically francophone neighbourhood and former city . Saint Boniface—Saint Vital, a federal electoral district in Winnipeg containing the area of St. Boniface, formerly called simply "St. Boniface" (1924–1996) and "Saint Boniface" (1996–2013)
A depiction of Boniface destroying Thor's oak from The Little Lives of the Saints (1904), illustrated by Charles Robinson.. According to Willibald's 8th century Life of Saint Boniface, the felling of the tree occurred during Boniface's life earlier the same century at a location at the time known as Gaesmere (for details, see discussion below).
Thomas Jefferson University is apologizing after the names of some graduates from the nursing program were unrecognizably pronounced at their commencement, as seen in videos from the ceremony that ...
There have been eight popes and one antipope named Boniface. Pope Boniface I (r. 418–422) Pope Boniface II (530–532) Pope Boniface III (607) Pope Boniface IV (608–615) Pope Boniface V (619–625) Pope Boniface VI (896) Antipope Boniface VII (984–985) (now listed as an antipope) Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303) Pope Boniface IX (1389–1404)