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History of Boniface

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Boniface

Boniface?was?born?around?675?in?Devonshire?to?a?very?noble?family,?and?his?given?name?was?Winfrid? (Duckett?340).?He?was?sent?to?school?to?be?taught?by?the?monks.?His?parents?wanted?him?to?pursue? monetary?gains,?but?Winfrid?felt?called?to?do?religious?work?thanks,?in?part,?to?the?monks?who?often?visited? him.?He?fought?with?his?father?over?his?future,?but?obtained?his?father's?permission?and?went?to?the?monastery? of?Adescancastre.?Here,?he?studied?under?Abbot?Wolfhard,?"and?about?seven?years?later?he?went?to?the? Abbey?of?Nhutscelle?between?Winchester?and?Southampton"?("Catholic").?There,?he?studied?under?Abbot? Winbert.?Under?the?guidance?of?these?men,?Winfrid?became?very?knowledgeable?in?numerous?subjects?
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