A baptismal name for a boy
Boniface
10 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Boniface
Saint Boniface I of RomeSeptember 4Bishop of Rome from 418 to 422, whose election was disputed until the emperor settled it.
Saint Boniface IV of RomeMay 8Bishop of Rome from 608 to 615, a former deacon under Gregory the Great, who consecrated the Pantheon as a church.
Hieromartyr Boniface of MainzJune 5English monk and missionary bishop in the Germanic lands, killed by pagans in Frisia in 754.
Martyr Boniface of TarsusDecember 19Roman sent to Tarsus for the relics of martyrs, who was martyred there in 307, according to legend.- Martyr BonifaceJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Saint Boniface the MercifulDecember 19Bishop of Ferentino in Italy, known for his mercy toward the poor.
- Martyr Boniface LopataMay 13A Ukrainian believer, killed for his faith in Christ in 1938.
- Martyr Boniface of CarthageJuly 2A deacon of Carthage who suffered under the Vandal king Huneric, commemorated with Abbot Liberatus.
- Saint Boniface of SicilibbaDecember 6Saint of Sicilibba, who reposed in the 5th century, venerated in the Western Church.
- Saint Boniface CuritanMarch 14A missionary bishop in Scotland, reposed around 800.
Questions
The name day of Boniface is September 4, the feast of Saint Boniface I of Rome. It is also kept on May 8, June 5, December 19, June 11, May 13, July 2, December 6, March 14.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 10 saints named Boniface, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Boniface is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Boniface I of Rome as patron.