Remembered on December 19
Boniface and Aglaida
- Boniface
- MartyrA saint who was killed for bearing witness to Christ.
All martyrs
- MartyrA saint who was killed for bearing witness to Christ.
- Aglaida
- RighteousA saint remembered for a life pleasing to God, often in family life or other work outside a monastery.
All righteous
- RighteousA saint remembered for a life pleasing to God, often in family life or other work outside a monastery.
Boniface and Aglaida lived in Rome during the Roman persecutions. Their traditional life tells of two people whose lives changed through repentance. Aglaida sent Boniface east to bring back the relics of martyrs. Seeing Christians suffer in Cilicia, he openly confessed Christ himself. She received his remains and built a church in his honor. Their remembrance leaves room for hope: our past need not decide our future.
How they died
Tradition holds that Boniface was beheaded, while Aglaida later reposed in peace after turning to a life pleasing to God.
- Feast day
- December 19
Parishes on the Old Calendar keep it on January 1. - Kind of saint
- Martyr, Righteous
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