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THE ORDINATION OF ST BONIFACE, APOSTLE OF THE GERMANS - 30 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 30th of November WELCOME! THE ORDINATION OF ST BONIFACE, APOSTLE OF THE GERMANS A postcard featuring the Basilika St. Bonifaz, Munich According to Bucelin *, the memory of his ordination is celebrated on November 30. Scenes from the life of  Saint Boniface are masterfully depicted in 12 main and 10 intermediate images in the magnificent basilica that King Ludwig I of Bavaria built in Munich in 1835 in honour of the great apostle of the Germans. The Basilika St. Bonifaz was consecrated on November 24, 1850 and handed over to the Benedictines along with the monastery. [The current abbot of this Bavarian Benedictine monastery is Johannes Eckert.] Details of Saint Boniface's Martyrdom  No bishop before or after  Boniface  ever undertook and accomplished anything greater for the spread of the name of Jesus in Germany than  Boniface . He restored church discipline everywhere and brought thousands of i...