Saint Boniface of Tarsus
- Memorial
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14 May
removed from revised Roman calendar and cultus suppressed in 1969
- Profile
- Spent a wild youth, and remained a confirmed bachelor all his life.
Convert, brought to the Faith by a wealthy Roman lady named Algae during a journey to the East to search for relics of previous saints.
Martyred for defending Christians put to torture for their beliefs.
Removed from the calendar as he is now believed to be fictional.
- Died
- beheaded in c.307;
relics brought back by Algae and entombed at the Church of Saint Alexius and Saint Boniface at Rome
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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bachelors
converts
- Additional Information
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New Catholic Dictionary
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Kirken i Norge - norwegian
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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