Pope Boniface V


Boniface V
Bishop of Rome
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy began23 December 619
Papacy ended25 October 625
PredecessorAdeodatus I
SuccessorHonorius I
Previous post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto[1]
Personal details
Born
Died(625-10-25)25 October 625
Other popes named Boniface

Pope Boniface V (Latin: Bonifatius V; died 25 October 625) was the bishop of Rome from 23 December 619 to his death. He did much for the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England,[2] and enacted the decree by which churches became places of sanctuary.

  1. ^ "Miranda, Salvador. "Bonafacio", Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Florida International University".
  2. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Boniface". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 207.

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