Definition of Apostle of Germany

1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Apostle Of Germany

Apollonia
Apollonian
Apollonian circle
Apollonian gasket
Apollonian net
Apollos
Apollyon
Apollyonic
Apop
Apophian
Apophis
Aporocactus
Aporocactus flagelliformis
Apostle
Apostle Paul
Apostle of Germany (current term)
Apostle of the Gentiles
Apostles
Apostles' Creed
Apostolicship
Apostolicships
Apotactite
Apotactites
Apovian
Apovyan
Appalachia
Appalachian
Appalachian Mountains
Appalachians
Appaloosa

Literary usage of Apostle of Germany

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"At the death of Bede, Boniface is already the apostle of Germany. s»7. A CENTURY and a half passed between the establishment of St. Augustin at Canterbury ..."

2. The Christian Examiner (1850)
"—MAHOMET THE PROPHET OF ARABIA, AND BONIFACE THE Apostle of Germany.* THE appearance of the two works whose titles we give below has revived the interest ..."

3. Universal Biography: Containing a Copious Account, Critical and Historical ...by John Lemprière by John Lemprière (1810)
"BONIFACE, the apostle of Germany, »a born in England, and commissioned by Gre gory II. to convert the barbarians of the north to Christianity. ..."

4. The Monastic Life from the Fathers of the Desert to Charlemagne: Eighth by Thomas William Allies (1896)
"BONIFACE, Apostle of Germany BEDE dwells very strongly upon the great strengthening of the Church in England wrought by Archbishop Theodore in the ..."

5. Sobriquets and Nicknames by Albert Romer Frey (1887)
"Apostle of Germany, The. So St. Boniface is termed, because he devoted a great portion of his life towards civilizing the barbarian nations of Germany. ..."

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