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LastDodo number
317001
Area
Stamps
Title
Boniface 672-754
Face value
20
Country / area
Year
1954
Month
06
Day
05
Issue group
Order Number in Issue
Exact colour
Usage
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Bischofshut und Schwert
Michel number
199
Yvert number
75
Scott number
724
Stanley Gibbons number
1125
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Printing office
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Print run
5.000.000
Dimensions / diameter
27,5 x 33 mm
Details
Bonifatius, Wynfreth (672/673, † June 5, 754 or 755 near Dokkum in Friesland), was one of the most famous missionaries and the most important church reformer in the Frankish Empire. He was a mission archbishop and founder of several monasteries, including Fulda. Since the Reformation he has been called the "Apostle of the Germans" by the Catholic Church.
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Bonifatius, Wynfreth (672/673, † 5. Juni 754 oder 755 bei Dokkum in Friesland), war einer der bekanntesten Missionare und der wichtigste Kirchenreformer im Frankenreich. Er war Missionserzbischof, Gründer mehrerer Klöster, darunter Fulda. Seit der Reformation wird er von der katholischen Kirche als „Apostel der Deutschen“ bezeichnet.