The English Correspondence of Saint Boniface

I Aedilwald asks Aldhelm, Abbot of Malmesbury, to instruct him. He sends poems, one treating of Wynfrith's journey abroad and addressed to him . . . . -38

II Wynfrith encourages the youth Nithard in the

pursuit of virtue and of his literary studies . 42

III Daniel, Bishop of Winchester, gives the priest,

Wynfrith, a general letter of introduction, 47

IV Bugga congratulates Boniface on the successful issue of his affairs. She promises that she will send later " The Sufferings of the Martyrs," for which he has asked, and sends other gifts ...... 49

V Daniel, Bishop of Winchester, instructs Boniface as to what means he should use in converting the heathen to Christianity . , , .51 VI Boniface urges some one to pray to God for

him ....... 56

VII Egburg writes to Wynfrith of her desolation

and her regard for him. She asks his prayers 57 VIII Abbess Eangyth and Heaburg thank Wynfrith for his letters. They write of their misfortunes and of their desire to go to Rome. They recommend Denewald . . .61

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IX Boniface replies to Bugga, who has asked his advice about going abroad. He promises to send later the passages for which she has asiced, and thanics her for her gifts . . 68

X Boniface commends himself to the love of Nothelm, Archbishop of Canterbury. He asks Nothelm to send the questions of Saint Augustine and Saint Gregory's replies. He wishes to know if it is unlawful for a man to marry a woman for whose son he has stood sponsor at baptism, and in what year the first priests were sent by Saint Gregory into

England 71

XI Boniface sends gifts to Pehthelm, Bishop of Hwiterne. He asks whether a man is permitted to marry a woman for whose son he has been sponsor at baptism ... 74 XII Boniface reminds Abbot Duddo of their old friendship. He asks him to send treatises on Saint Paul, and to inquire why a man should be forbidden to marry a woman for whose son he has stood sponsor in baptism ... 76

XIII Wynfrith describes to Eadburga, Abbess of

Thanet, a vision seen in the monastery at Wenlock ....... 78

XIV Boniface asks Eadburga, Abbess of Thanet, to

copy for him the Epistles of Saint Peter in letters of gold ...... 90

XV Boniface thanks Eadburga, Abbess of Thanet,

for books she has sent him .... 9*

XVI Cenae writes to Boniface of her good-will

towards hitn ...... 93

XVII Lul asks Boniface to grant him permission for the sake of his studies to remain longer in Thuringia ....... 94