The Axe and the Oak - St. Boniface, Apostle to the Germans
Thursday, November 5, 2026
50 mins
In this episode, Dcn. Seraphim tells the story of the man the medieval English considered to be no less than one of their three greatest saints, even though he spent most of his life not among the English, but evangelizing their ancient and still-pagan kin on the European mainland. From the famous scene at Thor's Oak to his martyrdom on the banks of the Boorne, we see his life not just as a series of accomplishments, but through the wonderfully intimate lens of his surviving letters, and the eyewitness accounts of the men and women who knew him and who aided him in his quest to bring the Gospel to the pagan Saxons.
Music used:
"Across The Fields Of Gold"
Yagull Music - Sasha Branislav Markovic, Mayu Saeki