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Illustration of Pope Boniface I C1600 Artist Unknown Berlin State Library Prussian Cultural Heritage Manuscripts Department Berlin Germany
Illustration of Pope Boniface I C1600 Artist Unknown Berlin State Library Prussian Cultural Heritage Manuscripts Department Berlin Germany

Pope Saint Boniface I

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

September 4

Died

September 4, 422

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Biography

Pope Saint Boniface I, born around 350 in Rome, Italy, was the son of the presbyter Jocundus. He was ordained as a priest, and it is believed that he received his ordination from Pope Saint Damasus I. Boniface served as a papal legate to Constantinople around the year 405, representing Pope Saint Innocent I. In 418, Boniface was elected as the 42nd pope of the Catholic Church....