Source: Textual EditionBoniface.Ep.T50

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Part of Group Boniface-Lul.Epistolae
Author Boniface
Source Title Letter to Zacharias
Date of composition [Early in 742]
Language Latin

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Event Boniface.Ep.T50  pp. 80--1 Gregory 3 died
Event Boniface.Ep.T50  pp. 80-6 Boniface 5 wrote to Zacharias 1 to tell him that he had learned with great joy of his appointment to the Apostolic See. He told the Pope about the appointment of three bishops in Germany and Carloman 1's request to bring together a council in the Frankish kingdom. He also asked the Pope's advice on various matters, including clerics known to be fornicators and drunkards. Finally Boniface 5 asked the Pope to prohibit certain heathen practices that some ignorant common people, among the Alemannians, Bavarians and Franks, had seen in Rome on the first day of January.
Event Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 81 Boniface 5 appointed three bishops in Germany, over those people who had been converted.
Event Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 82 Carloman 1 summoned Boniface 5 to him and requested him to bring together a council in the part of the Frankish kingdom which was under his rule.
Event Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 A synod of the church of the Saxons, held in London and convoked by Augustine 1, Laurence 2, Justus 1 and Mellitus 1, declared that the union between a man and a woman related in the third grade would be incestuous.
Authorship Boniface.Ep.T50  pp. 80-6 Boniface 5 Author of a letter to Zacharias
Office Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 83 Boniface 5 held office of Legate
Office Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 80 Zacharias 1 held office of Pope
Office Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 880 Gregory 3 held office of Pope
Office Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 81 Anonymi 2122 held office of Bishop
Office Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 82 Carloman 1 held office of Dux
Office Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 83 Anonymous 841 held office of Priest
Office Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 Augustine 1 held office of Archbishop
Office Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 Laurence 2 held office of Archbishop
Office Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 Justus 1 held office of Archbishop
Office Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 Mellitus 1 held office of Archbishop
Personal Relationship Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 80 Zacharias 1 was Lord of Beorhthere 1
Personal Relationship Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 80 Zacharias 1 was Father of Boniface 5
Personal Relationship Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 Augustine 1 was Disciple of Gregory 1
Personal Relationship Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 Laurence 2 was Disciple of Gregory 1
Personal Relationship Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 Justus 1 was Disciple of Gregory 1
Personal Relationship Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 Mellitus 1 was Disciple of Gregory 1
Occupation Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 80 Anonymi 2121 Messenger
PersonInfo Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 80 Boniface 5 servant of the servants of God
PersonInfo Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 Boniface 5 the land of the Saxons beyond the sea, where he was born and reared
PersonInfo Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 80 Zacharias 1 apostolic man
PersonInfo Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 80 Gregory 3 of reverend memory
PersonInfo Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 883 Gregory 3 of saint memory
PersonInfo Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 Gregory 1 saint
RecordedNames Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 80 Boniface 5 (Bonifatius)
RecordedNames Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 80 Zacharias 1 (... Zachariae)
RecordedNames Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 80 Gregory 3 (Gregorius)
RecordedNames Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 82 Carloman 1 (Carlomannus)
RecordedNames Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 Augustine 1 (Augustinus)
RecordedNames Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 Gregory 1 (Gregorius)
RecordedNames Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 Laurence 2 (Laurentius)
RecordedNames Boniface.Ep.T50  p.84 Justus 1 (Iustus)
RecordedNames Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 84 Mellitus 1 (Milletus)
Transaction Boniface.Ep.T50  p. 85 Boniface 5 sent some gifts with his letter: a warm rug and a little silver and gold