Fulda - Cathedral / Bonifatius-Tomb

Wynfreth from Essex, missionary to the german tribes, was given the name "Bonifatius" by Pope Gregor II. Born around 673 in Credditon, educated around Exeter, he undertook his first (but unseccessful) trip to the continental tribes in 716. Under his new name and more successfull he worked in what is now Hesse and Thuringia for many decades. At the age of 80 (!) he turned again northwest to Frisia, where he failed as a young man. Some historians believe, that he tried to reach martydom, heading into that area. Well, he did. The Frisians killed him and his party near a place named Dokkum, which is now in the Netherlands. His remains (he was about 6ft. tall) rest in this tomb.