Saint Bruno of Quefort
- Also known as
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Boniface
Brun
Second Apostle of the Prussians
- Memorial
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19 June
15 October
- Profile
- Great-uncle of Saint Bruno of Wurzburg.
Benedictine Camaldolese monk.
In 996 he accompanied Emperor Otto III to Rome, where he met Saint Adalbert.
Spiritual student of Saint Romuald.
Wrote a biography of Saint Adalbert, and of the martyred monks known as The Five Polish Brothers.
Archbishop of to the Slavs in Mersburg 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 Quefort as Bruno
- Died
- martyred by pagan Prussians in 1009;
relics in Poland
- Patronage
- Prussia
- Representation
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crossing a red-hot furnace
blessing the chalice of the Mass with his hands cut off
- Additional Information
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Catholic Encyclopedia
New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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