Saint Bruno of Querfort

Also known as

• Boniface
• Brun
• Apostle of Livonia
• Second Apostle of the Prussians

Memorial

• 9 March
• 19 June as Boniface of Querfort
• formerly 15 October

Profile

Great-uncle of Saint Bruno of Wurzburg. In 996 he accompanied Emperor Otto III to Rome, Italy where he met Saint Adalbert of Prague. Spiritual student of Saint Romuald and Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg. Wrote a biography of Saint Adalbert, and of the martyred monks known as The Five Polish Brothers. Head of the School of Magdeburg. Chaplain of Emperor Otto III. Benedictine Camaldolese monk, taking the name Boniface in 997. Archbishop to the Slavs in Merseburg (in modern Germany) in 1004. Evangelized Hungarians, Petsbenges, Prussians and Russians. Martyr. He is listed with two feast days because he was known in some areas by his given name (Bruno), and in some by his cloistered name (Boniface).

Born

• c.970 at Querfort (in modern Germany) as Bruno

Died

• beheaded by pagan Prussians in 1009
• relics in Poland

Patronage

• Prussia

Representation

• crossing a red-hot furnace
• blessing the chalice of the Mass with his hands cut off

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bruno of Querfort“. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 March 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>