Today, being June 5th we celebrate the feast of St Boniface, I am not going to gave a detailed biography of him as this can easily be found elsewhere like here
He was born is Crediton in Devon, his original name being Wynfrith. Much of his work and ministry was in what is now Germany. He was martyred and is buried and honoured in Fulda in Germany. Indeed he is one of the patron saints of that country.
His feast should remind us that in the 7th and 8th centuries England was a spiritual powerhouse, we provided many scholars and missionaries to continental Europe. Indeed one cannot fully understand the growth of the faith without appreciating the contribution and role of so many from England. How times have changed!
Fr Paul Harrison' Blog. 