ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 8th of May WELCOME! SAINT BONIFACE IV., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index [Saint Boniface IV. is commemorated on May 25 in some calendars.] He was son of John, a physician, a Marsian from the province and town of Valeria; he succeeded Boniface III after a vacancy of over nine months; consecrated August 25, 608; died May 8, 615 (Duchesne); or, September 15, 608-May 25, 615 (Jaffé). In the time of Pope St Gregory the Great he was a deacon of the Roman Church and held the position of dispensator, i.e., the first official in connexion with the administration of the patrimonies. S. MARIA ROTUNDA Boniface obtained leave from the Emperor Phocas to convert the Pantheon into a Christian Church, and on May 13, 609 the temple erected by Agrippa to Jupiter the Avenger, to Venus, and to Mars was consecrated by the pope to the Virgin Mary and all the Martyrs. (Hence the title S. Maria Rotunda.) It was the first instance at Rom...