ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 29th of December
BOSO, BISHOP OF MERSEBURG
Boso (commemorated on December 29), Bishop of Merseburg, was a Bavarian by birth. He contributed much to the conversion of the Slavs and Hungarians. Raderus* relates that Boso studied in Regensburg at Saint Emmeram's and, according to the same writer, he died in the year 900. Buc. Sppl.* lists Boso as "venerable". According to this source, Boso went to his eternal reward in 969.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 509)
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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