Event: Mission/mission-sendingGregory 2.sending Boniface 5 to Germany

Scholarly Info
Description	Boniface 5 was sent to Germany to make a report on those peoples.

Primary Source Info
Original Text	a Gregorio papae ... Germanicis mandatum gentis ... ad occidentales barbarorum regiones (p. 25)
Date from Source	At the beginning of May, after Gregory 2 and Boniface 5 had discussed Boniface 5's intentions every day, until the beginning of the summer

*The purpose of the journey was to discover whether their untutored hearts and minds were ready to receive the seed of the divine Word.

Agent: Gregory 2 (II, pope, 715-731) : He gave Boniface 5 letters
Participant: Boniface 5 (Archbishop and martyr, d.755) : He collected a number of relics and left to reach first the frontiers of Italy.
Participant: Anonymi 758 (Boniface 5's companions in his journey to Rome) : Boniface 5's companions