Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Anglo-Saxon missionary who promulgated Christianity among the tribes in what is now Germany.
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- proper noun A male
given name of mainlyhistorical use.
Etymologies
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I'm not sure why he calls Boniface "Bonifacius," but this is the neighborhood all right.
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Taking the name Boniface, he worked tirelessly for the spread of the faith and the promotion of Christian morality, established bishoprics and monasteries throughout northern Europe, and contributed in no small way to the growth of a Christian culture.
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I'm not sure why he calls Boniface "Bonifacius," but this is the neighborhood all right.
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He had secretly persuaded 11 Placidia to recall Boniface from the government of Africa; he secretly advised Boniface to disobey the
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His troops, either by force of agreement, immediately occupied the cities of Narbonne, Thoulouse, and Bordeaux; and though they were repulsed by Count Boniface from the walls of Marseilles, they soon extended their quarters from the
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[258] His Saxon name was Winfrid, or Wynfrith, but he is generally called Boniface, Archbishop of Mentz.
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Winfred, better known as Boniface, "the Apostle of Germany," is, perhaps, the chief ecclesiastical figure of this century.
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(M1175) It was then that Aetius, the general of Valentinian III., persuaded the emperor, — or rather his mother, Placidia, the real ruler, — to recall Boniface from the government of Africa.
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Aetius persuaded the emperor to recall Boniface, while he advised the
The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.
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Eventually, an Italian drawing master called Boniface Musso took him under his wing.
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