(Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)
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Examples for "Boniface "
Examples for "Boniface "
1 The fourth purported that he should condemn the memory of Pope Boniface .
2 Mr. Boniface Newt discoursed warmly; Mr. Abel Newt listened with extreme coolness.
3 Though Boniface could not be sure that his will would be executed.
4 Fourth, thou shalt destroy and annul the memory of Pope Boniface VIII.
5 A successful war is waged against the Colonnas by Pope Boniface VIII.
1 All the men of Saint Boniface will recognize Hugby and Crump in these two pictures.
2 By Saint Boniface 'twas a rare sight!
3 Crump thinks Saint Boniface the centre of the world, and his position as President the highest in England.
4 Old Hugby knows part of this by heart; every living belonging to Saint Boniface , and the name of every tutor, fellow, nobleman, and undergraduate.
1 At the head of the Roman communion is Archbishop Tache, of St. Boniface.
2 I had seen clusters of the frozen fungus outside St. Boniface.
3 We had brought it up from St. Boniface by sleigh-socarefully.
4 Humphry Ward speaks-BoyMakers of Empire-Thevespers of St. Boniface
5 The secretaries were Mr. J. F. Prudhomme, of St. Boniface, Man., and the writer.
1 Saint Winfred dropped his axe, and turned to speak to the people.
2 Another Anglo-Saxon, Winfred , or Bonifacius, had been equally active among his Frisian cousins.
3 In 2001, she also won the Winfred Holtby Memorial Prize for the best regional novel.
4 The great apostle of Germany was the Saxon Winfred , or Winifred, better known as St. Boniface.
5 You saw that Mrs. Winfred .
1 It was Winfried of England, whose name in the Roman tongue was Boniface, and whom men called the Apostle of Germany .
2 The great apostle of Germany was the Saxon Winfred, or Winifred, better known as St. Boniface.
3 Who but the Northumbrian Willibrod and Winifrid of Devon, with their followers, were the first Apostles of Germany ?
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