(Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)
1It was Winfried of England, whose name in the Roman tongue was Boniface, and whom men called the Apostle of Germany.
2The great apostle of Germany was the Saxon Winfred, or Winifred, better known as St. Boniface.
3Who but the Northumbrian Willibrod and Winifrid of Devon, with their followers, were the first Apostles of Germany?
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