Boniface IV, Saint, Pope
Boniface IV, Saint, Pope
Reigned from 608 to 615 . Born in the province of Valeria, Italy , c.550; died in Rome, Italy . Few particulars are known of his pontificate, which is marked by the expansion of the Church in England. Mellitus, first Bishop of London, visited him in 610 , and returned to England with decrees relative to the newly-established Church there. Boniface also converted a Roman temple and the Pantheon into churches. Feast , Roman Calendar, 1 June .