Weyerhaeuser's Feast of St. Boniface, June 5

Winfrith was born in England, studied to become a monk with the Benedictines, and eventually became a priest.. In 716 he took of to do missionary work in Frisia. This is not to be confused with Freedonia where Rufus T. Firefly was the dictator.

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Frisia (present day Holland) was ruled by King Radbod (NO! SERIOUSLY!), who, unbeknownst to Winfrith, had declared war on Christians. So back to England went Wnfrith and then eventually to Rome. Pope Gregory II renamed him Boniface (after the 4th century martyr, Boniface of Tarsus) and sent him off to Germania. It was there he chopped down the Donar Oak (the Oak of Jupiter), which the pagans held sacred. According to Wilibald,

 "And when in the strength of his steadfast heart he had cut the lower notch, there was present a great multitude of pagans, who in their souls were earnestly cursing the enemy of their gods. But when the fore side of the tree was notched only a little, suddenly the oak's vast bulk, driven by a blast from above, crashed to the ground, shivering its crown of branches as it fell; and, as if by the gracious compensation of the Most High, it was also burst into four parts, and four trunks of huge size, equal in length, were seen, unwrought by the brethren who stood by."

 Boniface made one more attempt at converting the Frisnians, but they martyred him at the ripe old age of 80.

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