!!!Bonifatius, Heiliger

b. Kingdom of Wessex (United Kingdom), 672/675, 
d. Dokkum (Netherlands), June 5, 754 (martyred), buried in Fulda; 
"Apostle of Germany", Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk, during the 
reorganization of the Bavarian church in 739 he created the bishoprics 
of Salzburg and Passau, the most important starting points for 
Austrian's conversion to Christianity.

!Literature
K. U. Jaeschke, B., in: Theolog. Real-Enzyklopaedie, 
vol. 7, 1981.



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