ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 4th of September WELCOME! SAINT BONIFACE I, POPE AND CONFESSOR ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Saint Boniface was a priest of an unblemished character, well versed in the discipline of the church, and advanced in years when he succeeded Zosimus in the pontificate on December 29, 418. His election was made much against his will, as the relation of it, which was sent by the clergy and people of Rome, and by the neighbouring bishops to the Emperor Honorius, who resided at Ravenna, testifies. To it concurred seventy priests, some bishops, and the greatest part of the people; but three bishops and some others chose one Eulalius, an ambitious and intriguing man. A SYNOD WAS ASSEMBLED Symmachus, prefect of Rome, sent an account of this division or schism to the emperor, who ordered that a synod should be assembled to determine the debate. The council which met desired that a greater number of prela...