Blessed Boniface Of Canterbury
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
July 14
Died
July 18, 1270
Beatified
7 September 1838 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed)
Biography
Blessed Boniface of Canterbury, also known as Boniface of Belley, was born around 1207 near Sainte-Hélène-du-Luc in the Savoy region of modern France. He came from the noble Ducal House of Savoy and was the eleventh child of Count Thomas of Savoy. Blessed Boniface was the brother of Queen Beatrix of Savoy and the uncle of Queen Eleanor of England.