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Identifier: christianheroesm00fost (find matches)
Title: Christian heroes and martyrs
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: (Foster, William A.) (from old catalog)
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ns to Rome, to acquaint him with the success of his labors, andto ask assistance in some difficulties which occurred in his mission.The pope not only answered the message by assuring him of the com-munion and friendship of Rome, but granted him the title of arch-bishop, or metropolitan of all Germany, and empowered him to estab-lish new bishoprics. Boniface did so, and also built several monas-teries. He then made a third journey to Rome, and Gregory, whohad much affection for him, kept him there the greater part of theyear. At length he left Rome, and set out for Bavaria, to reformsome abuses introduced by persons who. had never received holyorders. Death of Boniface. Now Boniface, having reached his seventieth year, was no longerable to work as he had done, so he chose Lullus, his countrymanand faithful friend, to be his successor; telling him to build a churchat Fuld, and see him buried in it, for his end was near. But, longing to go once again on a mission to the heathen, Boniface
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BISHOP BONIFACE IS SLAIN BY BARBARIANS. I^O THE WORLDS CHRISTIAN MARTYRS. went to the sea coast of Holland, where he converted and baptizedmany of the natives, destroyed several heathen temples, and raisedchurches on their ruins. Now, having fixed a day for baptizing a1great number of the new converts, he told them to assemble in anopen plain near the river Bourde, going there himself the day before,and pitching a tent, intending to remain on the spot all night, so as tobe ready in the morning early. But a band of barbarians, havingheard of this, poured down upon him and his companions in the night,to kill them. The servants of Boniface would have fought againstthem, but he told them to put up their weapons, as he wanted to goand speak to the strangers and tell them of his peaceful errand.Boniface, therefore, advanced into the midst of the threatening crowd,but had spoken only a few words to them when they rushed in uponhim and murdered him, with fifty-two of his companions. Invasions

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