Word: wynfrith
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...these holy occupations, virtually making Germany over from a heathen to a Christian land. Then once more the idea of Frisia came into his mind, and he set out for Frisia once more, and within a few days he and his associates were massacred bythe heathen. So ended Wynfrith, known as Boniface...
Many years ago (in 680), a man child was born in an old Saxon family in Devonshire, and the child was christened Wynfrith. He studied at Exeter and early be-:ame a monk famed for his schollarship, his preaching. And he rook the name of Boniface...
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