ST. BONIFACE (JUNE 5TH)
St. Boniface, Apostle to the Germans By Bp. Joseph ( Ancient Church of the West ) St. Boniface was a born to a respected Christian family in Exeter, England, in AD 675, and was raised in the Church. Against the will of his wealthy father, St. Boniface became a monk in his late teens, and devoted himself to the study of theology. In AD 716, St. Boniface was sent to Germania as a missionary to aid the work of Bishop Wilibrord, another Englishman who was laboring to convert the pagan Frisian tribe. It was during this time that St. Boniface cut down the Donar’s Oak and was rewarded with great missionary fruit because of his bravery. Many legends were born in St. Boniface's heroic and fearless deeds, and no demon or pagan god could stand before his holy ax. It was said that after he cut down the Doner Oak, the "Tree of Jupiter", the head god of the Germanic pantheon, that this cult's spiritual power were broken and many who had been unable to hear the glorious message ...
