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Saint Boniface

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A pope, a martyr and a clergyman (sometimes identified as Pope Boniface VIII, Saint Crispinus or Saint Boniface, and Saint Francis) worship Mary sitting on a cloud with the Christ child on her lap. This print is part of (the second state of) a series of 29 depictions of paintings and sculptures in churches in Rome, numbered 1-16 and 1-13. (The first state of this series, in which the prints are unnumbered, also contains a title print).
A pope, a martyr and a clergyman (sometimes identified as Pope Boniface VIII, Saint Crispinus or Saint Boniface, and Saint Francis) worship Mary sitting on a cloud with the Christ child on her lap. This print is part of (the second state of) a series of 29 depictions of paintings and sculptures in churches in Rome, numbered 1-16 and 1-13. (The first state of this series, in which the prints are unnumbered, also contains a title print).
  1. (n) Saint Boniface
    (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)
Illustrations
Saint Pancratius, Saint Servatius and Saint Boniface, all with a beard, stand in a row. They carry a staff, stick, skis and a sled.
Saint Pancratius, Saint Servatius and Saint Boniface, all with a beard, stand in a row. They carry a staff, stick, skis and a sled.
Portrait bust of Saint Boniface in an oval to the left. Boniface wears a miter on his head and has a bishop's staff in his right hand.
Portrait bust of Saint Boniface in an oval to the left. Boniface wears a miter on his head and has a bishop's staff in his right hand.
In the foreground, Saint Boniface and his followers are murdered by the Frisians. In the background his tent in Dokkum. The print has a Latin caption and is the 28th print in a 60-part series about the Saints of Bavaria.
In the foreground, Saint Boniface and his followers are murdered by the Frisians. In the background his tent in Dokkum. The print has a Latin caption and is the 28th print in a 60-part series about the Saints of Bavaria.
Saint Boniface uses an ax to cut down a saintly oak tree hung with wreaths. In the foreground a man kneels by a dead (sacrificed?) Horse and covers his face with his hand. In the background a number of Germanic priests around an altar with sacrificial fire and a woman with small children.
Saint Boniface uses an ax to cut down a saintly oak tree hung with wreaths. In the foreground a man kneels by a dead (sacrificed?) Horse and covers his face with his hand. In the background a number of Germanic priests around an altar with sacrificial fire and a woman with small children.
Scenes from the Life of Saint Boniface, Plates XV and XVI. Death and Burial of Boniface. Ninth and last print in a series of prints about the life of Saint Boniface, consisting of a large depiction of the saint followed by 8 plates, each with two smaller numbered pictures one below the other.
Scenes from the Life of Saint Boniface, Plates XV and XVI. Death and Burial of Boniface. Ninth and last print in a series of prints about the life of Saint Boniface, consisting of a large depiction of the saint followed by 8 plates, each with two smaller numbered pictures one below the other.
Scenes from the life of Saint Boniface, plates IX and X. The saint between popes and the building of a church. Sixth print in a series of prints about the life of Saint Boniface, consisting of a large image of the saint followed by 8 plates with two smaller numbered images one below the other.
Scenes from the life of Saint Boniface, plates IX and X. The saint between popes and the building of a church. Sixth print in a series of prints about the life of Saint Boniface, consisting of a large image of the saint followed by 8 plates with two smaller numbered images one below the other.
Scenes from the Life of Saint Boniface, Plates XIII and XIV. Boniface dedicating and crowning. Eighth print in a series of prints about the life of Saint Boniface, consisting of a large image of the saint followed by 8 plates with two smaller numbered images one below the other.
Scenes from the Life of Saint Boniface, Plates XIII and XIV. Boniface dedicating and crowning. Eighth print in a series of prints about the life of Saint Boniface, consisting of a large image of the saint followed by 8 plates with two smaller numbered images one below the other.
Scenes from the Life of Saint Boniface, plates XI and XII. Boniface as Bishop. Seventh print in a series of prints about the life of Saint Boniface, consisting of a large image of the saint followed by 8 plates with two smaller numbered images one below the other.
Scenes from the Life of Saint Boniface, plates XI and XII. Boniface as Bishop. Seventh print in a series of prints about the life of Saint Boniface, consisting of a large image of the saint followed by 8 plates with two smaller numbered images one below the other.
Usage in the news

The origin of the festival of All Saints celebrated in the West dates to May 13, 609 or 610, when Pope Boniface IV consecrated the Pantheon at Rome to the Blessed Virgin and all the martyrs. aconiapatriot.com

Saint Boniface, vacant since 2006. metro.us

Usage in literature

By Saint Boniface 'twas a rare sight! "The Book of Snobs" by William Makepeace Thackeray

Little Saint Boniface is but a petty hermitage in comparison of the huge consecrated pile alongside of which it lies. "The History of Pendennis" by William Makepeace Thackeray

The strangers were Saint Boniface and his companion, whom Dokkum straightway massacred. "A Wanderer in Holland" by E. V. Lucas

It was re-dedicated by Pope Boniface the Fourth, in A.D. 608, to the Virgin Mary and all the saints. "Flowers of Freethought" by George W. Foote

Young men are much better behaved now, and besides, Saint Boniface was rather a fast college. "A History of Pendennis, Volume 1" by William Makepeace Thackeray

The pietists would gladly have imitated Saint Boniface, and with consecrated axe have felled this magic oak. "The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine" by Heinrich Heine

Saint Boniface, on baptism, 568; brings four charges against St. Virgilius, 569-571. "Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum" by John Healy