Saint Boniface of Lausanne

Also known as

• Boniface of Brussels

Memorial

• 19 February

Profile

Educated at the Universities of Paris, France. Cistercian monk at Cambre Abbey near Brussels, Belgium. Noted for his learning, he taught at universities in Paris, France from 1222 to 1229, and then in Cologne, Germany from 1229 to 1231. Bishop of Lausanne, Switzerland in 1231. One of the bishops at the First Council of Lyon. In his later years he retired to his old monastery of Cambre to spend his latter days as a prayerful monk.

Born

• 1183 in Brussels, Belgium

Died

• 1260 at La Cambre Abbey, Brussels, Belgium of natural causes

Canonized

• 1702 by Pope Clement XI

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Find a Grave
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Boniface of Lausanne“. Saints.SQPN.com. 1 March 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>