ST BONIFACE, BISHOP OF ROSS

ST BONIFACE, BISHOP OF ROSS - 14 MARCH

SAINT BONIFACE, BISHOP OF ROSS

(Saint Boniface, Bishop of Ross, in Scotland, Confessor.) An ardent zeal for the salvation of souls brought this servant of God from Italy to North-Britain.

HE BUILT NUMEROUS CHURCHES

Near the mouth of the Tees, where he landed, he built a church under the invocation of St Peter, another at Tellein, three miles from Alect, and a third at Restennet. This last was served by a famous monastery of regular canons of the order of St Augustine, when religious houses were abolished in Scotland.

HE PLANTED THE TRUE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IN THE HEARTS OF MANY

St Boniface, by preaching the word of God, reformed the manners of the people in the provinces of Angus, Marris, Buchan, Elgin, Murray, and Ross. Being made bishop in this last county, he filled it with oratories and churches, and by planting the true spirit of Christ in the hearts of many, settled that church in a most flourishing condition.

HIS HOLY DEATH

He died about the year 630, and was buried at Rosmark, the capital of the county of Ross. The Breviary of Aberdeen mentions that he founded one hundred and fifty churches and oratories in Scotland, and ascribes many miracles to his intercession after his death.

Source: Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Boniface, your blessed bishop, may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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