Boniface

680? - Saint Boniface was born at Crediton, Devon. He was a missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century.

Received his theological training in the Benedictine monasteries of Adescancastre.

702 - At the age of 30 he became a priest. He wrote the first Latin grammar produced in England.

723 - He felled the holy oak tree dedicated to Thor.

He established the first bishopric in Germany.

737-738 - Visited to Rome, he was made papal legate for Germany.

745 - He was granted Mainz as metropolitan see.

754 - On 5th of June he was killed by mob in Frisia.

He is the patron saint of Germany and the Netherlands.