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title: "St. Boniface: Feast Day June 5 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-boniface/
description: "St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr, patron of Germany and brewers. Feast day June 5, died c. 754. Read their life in Bless."
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Bishop and Martyr · Feast day June 5

# St. Boniface

The feast day of St. Boniface is June 5, a memorial in the US Catholic calendar. Traditionally invoked as patron of Germany and brewers.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Feast day | [June 5](https://blessbible.app/saints/june/#5) |
| In the US calendar | Memorial |
| Title | Bishop and Martyr |
| Died | c. 754 |
| Patron of | [Germany](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#germany), [brewers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#brewers) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Saturday, June 5, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-boniface/#calendar) |

## Life

Winfrid of Wessex, a monk-scholar who left a safe abbacy for the German frontier, renamed Boniface by the pope who sent him. At Geismar he felled the sacred Oak of Thor before a hostile crowd — and when no god struck him down, the crowd asked for baptism.

He founded Fulda, reformed the Frankish church, crowned Pepin, and in old age went back to the mission field of Frisia, where a pagan war band cut him down as he read the Gospel to converts. The book he shielded with, gashed by swords, is still shown at Fulda.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Boniface as patron of Germany and brewers.

[Germany](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#germany) [Brewers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#brewers)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. Augustine of Hippo](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-augustine-of-hippo/) brewers · August 28

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Boniface. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Saturday, June 5, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/06/05/) | Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Tobit 12:1, 5-15, 20 · Tobit 13:2, 6efgh, 7, 8 · Matthew 5:3 · Mark 12:38-44 |
| [Monday, June 5, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/06/05/) | Monday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | 2 Peter 1:2-7 · Psalm 91:1-2, 14-15b, 15c-16 · See Revelation 1:5ab · Mark 12:1-12 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[June 4 St. Francis Caracciolo](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-caracciolo/) [June 6 St. Norbert](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-norbert/)

[All the saints of June](https://blessbible.app/saints/june/) [Born on June 5?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#06-05) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Boniface

Feast day June 5

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-boniface/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-boniface/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-boniface/#calendar)

In the app

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