Feasts and saints with names like “BONIFACIUS”

Martyr Boniface at Tarsus in Cilicia, and Righteous Aglaϊa of Rome

Martyr Boniface at Tarsus in Cilicia, and Righteous Aglaϊa of Rome

The Holy Martyr Boniface was the slave of a rich young Roman woman named Aglaϊa, and he lived with her in iniquitous cohabitation. Both, however, felt the sting of conscience and they wanted to be cleansed of their sin somehow. The Lord granted them the possibility to wash away their sin with…

Saint Boniface the Merciful, Bishop of Ferentino

From his very childhood, Saint Boniface was distinguished by his non-covetousness and love for the poor. When he saw a destitute man on the street, he took his own clothes and gave them away to those in need, to the chagrin of his widowed mother. Once, he gave away a year’s supply of grain,…