Boniface

Also: Wynfrith, Winfrid, Apostle of the Germans

Born probably between 672 and 675, by tradition in Crediton, England. Died in 754, in Dockinga (now Dokkum, Netherlands).

English monk who became the missionary bishop of Germany and was killed in Frisia in 754.

Wrote in Latin.

Places lived

680 to 695Isca Dumnoniorum (now Exeter, England)monkyears not sure, place probable
695 to 718Nhutscelle (now Nursling, England)monkyears not sure, place probable
746 to 754Mogontiacum (now Mainz, Germany)bishopyears probable

Works

1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.

Lettersabout 716 to 754 · place not known · letterLetters to and from Boniface and his English friends; the English text is Kylie's selection, and it also has a few earlier letters of that circle.36,038 words

How we know the dates and places

Born probable: Willibald, Life of Boniface; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "Boniface"; E. Kylie, The English Correspondence of Saint Boniface (1911), introduction
Place of birth by tradition: Willibald, Life of Boniface; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "Boniface"; E. Kylie, The English Correspondence of Saint Boniface (1911), introduction
Crediton is named only from the 14th century. He was from Wessex.
Died sure: Willibald, Life of Boniface; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "Boniface"; E. Kylie, The English Correspondence of Saint Boniface (1911), introduction
5 June 754.
Place of death sure: Willibald, Life of Boniface; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "Boniface"; E. Kylie, The English Correspondence of Saint Boniface (1911), introduction
Isca Dumnoniorum, years not sure: Willibald, Life of Boniface; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "Boniface"; E. Kylie, The English Correspondence of Saint Boniface (1911), introduction
Isca Dumnoniorum, place probable: Willibald, Life of Boniface; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "Boniface"; E. Kylie, The English Correspondence of Saint Boniface (1911), introduction
Nhutscelle, years not sure: Willibald, Life of Boniface; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "Boniface"; E. Kylie, The English Correspondence of Saint Boniface (1911), introduction
Nhutscelle, place probable: Willibald, Life of Boniface; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "Boniface"; E. Kylie, The English Correspondence of Saint Boniface (1911), introduction
Mogontiacum, years probable: Willibald, Life of Boniface; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "Boniface"; E. Kylie, The English Correspondence of Saint Boniface (1911), introduction
Mogontiacum, place sure: Willibald, Life of Boniface; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "Boniface"; E. Kylie, The English Correspondence of Saint Boniface (1911), introduction