Dictionary definition: Wynfrith, St

Dictionary definition: Dorset
A Dictionary of British History;      698 words ... ... vastly from the 17th cent. onwards, the Banqueting Hall , St Paul's , and Greenwich palace made of it. Purbeck marble ... diversification of industry—anatomic energy station on Wynfrith Heath, oil drilling off the coast. The hinterland remains ...

Dictionary definition: Boniface
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      153 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 Bon|i|face (bn' fs, -fas) 1. Saint (born Winfrid or Wynfrith) (c. a.d. 675-c. 754); Eng. monk & missionary in Germany: his day is June 5 2. Boniface VIII (born Benedetto ...

Article: Church celebrates half century with special service
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  May 31, 2008 ;     379 words ... ... 50th anniversary next week. St Boniface church, in Whipton ... on Thursday, June 5, 1958. St Boniface was born in Crediton about 680 AD, and was baptised Wynfrith. He was later named Boniface ... head. This is why the symbol of St Boniface is a holy book or a ...

Article: Who needs "a new history of German literature"?(Book Review)
New Criterion;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... conversion, and hence their civilization, to an Englishman. Yet according to the historian Christopher Dawson, Boniface (or Wynfrith, to give him his Anglo-Saxon name) was actually the greatest Englishman of all. Certainly Boniface has never been given ...

Article: TOWN ANGRY OVER EXPLOITATION OF SAINT RESIDENTS APPALLED AT ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  September 28, 1997 ;     499 words ... ... attempt to hijack its saint. St. Boniface was born in the town ... to its Catholic church. But St. Boniface has been quietly registered ... council will try to trademark St. Boniface for festivals, so ... was born with the Saxon name Wynfrith - ``Friend of Peace.'' Tradition ...

Dictionary definition: Boniface, St
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church;      359 words ...Boniface, St ( c. 675–754), the ‘Apostle of Germany’. Wynfrith, as he was originally called, was born in Wessex (at Crediton , according to tradition). After Gregory II in 719 commissioned ...

Dictionary definition: Boniface, St.
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      210 words ...Bon·i·face, St. / ˈbänəfəs / (680–754 ), Anglo-Saxon missionary; born Wynfrith ; known as the Apostle of Germany . He was appointed primate of Germany in 732.