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Bonitus (Or Bonus) Saint (commonly St. Bonet), was born in France about 624. He became referendary or chancellor to Sigebertus III, king of Austrasia. Theodoric III in 680 made him governor of Marseilles, and nine years afterwards, on the death of his brother, St. Avitus, bishop of Clermont, he was elevated to that see. After … Continue reading “Bonitus (Or Bonus) Saint”

Bonifas, Francois a French theologian, brother of Ernest, was born at Grenoble, Oct. 19, 1837. Being very gifted, he obtained, at the age of twenty-nine, the degree of doctor of liberal arts and theology. In 1866 he was appointed to the chair of Church history at Montauban, made vacant by the retirement of the dean … Continue reading “Bonifas, Francois”

Bonifas (Lacondamine), Ernest, a French Protestant theologian, was born Oct. 21, 1826. Having prepared himself for the ministry in his native country, he spent two years in Germany, and after his return was ordained, in 1854, at Nerac, and took charge of the parish at Salies-du-Barn. In 1856 he was elected to the Hebrew professorship … Continue reading “Bonifas”

Bonifacius, Saint And Martyr was the steward of a certain rich and beautiful woman of Rome, named Aglae, with whom he for many years carried on a criminal commerce, at the same time indulging in drunkenness and other vices. Aglae at length, touched with remorse, requested him to repair to the East, where many martyrs … Continue reading “Bonifacius, Saint And Martyr”

Bonifacius Queretinius (called also AIbanus Kiritinus) has his history inextricably entangled with fable. According to the legend, he was the pope of that name, of Jewish stock, descended from a sister of St. Peter and St. Andrew, and born at Bethsaida. He was ordained priest by John, patriarch of Jerusalem, in his thirty-sixth year, and … Continue reading “Bonifacius Queretinius”

Bonifacius Moguntinensis SEE BONIFACE OF MENTZ. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bonifacius II, pope Bonifacius II., pope, successor to Felix IV., of Roman birth but Gothic parentage, son of Sigisbald or Sigismund, was elected bp. of Rome on Sept. 17, 530, and consecrated five days later in the basilica of Julius (Jaff, Regesta Pont.). At the same time a rival party in the basilica of Constantine … Continue reading “Bonifacius II, pope”

Bonifacius I, pope Bonifacius I., pope and saint, successor of Zosimus, a Roman, son of a priest, Jocundus, has been identified with Boniface the priest, the papal representative at Constantinople during the time of Innocent I. (Baronius s.a. 405, 15, cf. Bianchi-Giovini, Storia dei Papi, i. 353). Zosimus died on Dec. 26, 418. On the … Continue reading “Bonifacius I, pope”

Bonifacius Bishop Of The East Angles SEE BERCTGILS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bonifacio Of Verona an Italian painter, flourished in the finest era of Venetian art, and was born in 1491. He was the scholar of the elder Palma, and studied the works of Titian. There are some very large works by him in the State Palace at Venice. There are also a number of his works … Continue reading “Bonifacio Of Verona”